The Happiest Song I Know

The Happiest Song I Know
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 2005 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

This is the happiest song I know,
Guaranteed to make me smile.
This is the happiest song I know,
Carried me many a mile.
This is the happiest song I know
Guaranteed to make you grin.
This is the happiest song I know,
Open up and let it in.
Like fresh new fallen snow.
Like the best joke that you know.
Like flying kites to amazing heights,
Like going to a Broadway show.

Like a cherry tree in bloom.
Like somebody cleaned your room.
Like a merry-go-round that comes to town,
Like fireworks that go boom!

This is the happiest song I know,
Guaranteed to make me smile.
This is the happiest song I know,
Carried me many a mile.

Like a wild blueberry patch.
Like a long fly ball you catch.
Like the way you shout when school is out,
Like ice cream down the hatch.

Like a wicked waterslide. Like a fire engine ride.
Like the thrill you feel behind the wheel
When bumper cars collide.

This is the happiest song I know,
Just come a-bubblin’ up.
This is the happiest song I know,
Happy as a newborn pup.

Some songs are the Australian crawl,
This song is like a cannonball.
Some songs are really cool and hip,
This song is like a comic strip.
Some songs can make you all depressed,
This song is like a tickle-fest.
Some songs sing you a sad farewell,
This song rings a dinner bell.

This is the happiest song I know,
Guaranteed to make me smile.
This is the happiest song I know,
Carried me many a mile.
This is the happiest song I know,
Now you know it too.
This is the happiest song I know,
Pass it on when we’re through.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Some Assembly Required CD.

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