Wynton Marsalis

Glad To Be Unhappy

Wynton Marsalis


Look at yourself 
If you had 
Sense of humor
You would laugh 
To beat the band
Look at yourself 
Do you still believe 
The rumor
That romance 
Is simply grand?

Since you 
Took it right 
On the chin
You have lost 
That bright 
Toothpaste grin
My mental state 
Is all a-jumble
I sit around 
And sadly mumble

Fools rush in 
So here I am
Very glad 
To be unhappy
I can't win 
But here I am
More than glad 
To be unhappy

Unrequited love's 
A bore
And I've got it 
Pretty bad
But for someone 
You adore
It's a pleasure 
To be sad

Like a straying 
Baby lamb
With no mammy 
And no pappy
I'm so unhappy but 
Oh, so glad