Joe Wilson

Stay Happy

Joe Wilson


I still believe you said everything, you ever said 
Because you meant it, and not just because we were sharing a bed 

And even though you meeting me, is something you regret 
I still believe we found something good, that day that we met 

I still haven’t found a pair of jeans, that fit me right 
And I know that you’re just saying these things, to try and take me 
for a ride 

It still hits me like a bag of bricks, each and every night 
When I wake up, to find that you’re not here to my right 

So I’m saying a prayer that my feet don’t fail 
But I’m still digging pebbles out from the palms of my hands 
From doing push ups in the middle of two lane streets 
From falling over walking with 2 left feet – yeah I’m falling down 

I know that you’re happy to be rid of me 
And I hope that it’ll change your personality 
When you’re laughing, it’s magnetic 
And it’s amazing how it cuts through the static 

So please stay happy if not for me 
Then for the sake of all the birds and trees and living things 
That rely on, such vivid, beauty to go on living 

My downfall you see where I’m stuck, is thinking how it could be 
It turns my stomach, and my heart plummets, to think of how you think 
of me 

I’m still figuring out just who I am, and who I could be 
All I know is now is who I was, wasn’t really me 

I was feeling down bout who I am, and who I couldn’t be 
So I lost my mind, and I wasted time, feeling so guilty 

So I’m singing this song in hopes that you’ll sing along 
And listen to what I’m saying, it’s a song that I made filled with 
steps I can take 
To find something I can believe in – to believe in 

So you trick your clothes to make them believe 
This is really your arm inside this sleeve, it’s the same arm 
That used to hold, the things that you considered gold 
But inside your head, you know you’ve changed 
But really who remains the same? You’re distracting yourself 
To make you believe, you change for the good 
Man you’re so naļve, so you’re saying things that you don’t mean 
Like actors on the silver screen until you realize your past is real 
And it’s really no big fucking deal, so you burn your clothes 
And everything, that reminds you of how you used to be 

I know that you’re happy to be rid of me 
And I hope that it’ll change your personality 
When you’re laughing, it’s magnetic 
And it’s amazing how it cuts through the static 

So please stay happy if not for me 
Then for the sake of all the birds and trees and living things 
That rely on, such vivid, beauty to go on living 

I still believe you said everything, you ever said 
Because you meant it…