Happy Ending

Happy Ending
by Rich Look & Kash Monet
© 1980 Kool Koala Music (BMI)

Winter wolf at my window
Landlord at my door
Telephone Company came this morning
I can’t talk to you no more.
Tax man says I owe money
And that’s money that I never seen.
The only color on my color TV
Is six shades of green

So I went down to my mailbox
To see what else they could do to me
Opened up a letter from the state
It said, “You win the lottery!”
Happy ending, happy ending, happy ending.
Everybody loves a happy ending.

There’s a man who’s standing on a ledge
A crowd gathered on the ground.
When there’s nothing left to live for
The only way is down.
But through the cries, he sees her eyes
Her smile is just for him.
So he turns on the brink, said to the shrink,
“Look out -- I’m coming back in!”
Happy ending, happy ending, happy ending.
Everybody loves a happy ending.

So we bend the truth a bit
So our fantasies will fit.
We’re just sentimental fools
We try to change the rules.
Happy ending, happy ending, happy ending.
Everybody loves a happy ending.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Join The Jubilee CD.

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