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Song title: Happy


Happy

Some need gold and some need diamond rings
Or a drug to take away the pain that living brings[1]
A promise of a better world to come
When whatever here is done
I don’t need that sky of blue
All I know’s since I found you, I’m happy when I’m in your arms
Happy, darling, come the dark
Happy when I taste your kiss
I’m happy in a love like this

There’s a house upon a distant hill
Where you can hear the laughter of children ring
Guardian angels, they watch from above
Watching over the love that they bring
But at night I feel the darkness near,
I awake and I find you near
I’m happy with you in my arms
I’m happy with you in my heart
Happy when I taste your kiss
I’m happy in love like this

In a world of doubt and fear
I wake at night and reach to find you near
Lost in a dream, you caught me as I fell
I want more than just a dream to tell

We’re born in this world, darling, with few days and trouble never far behind
Man and woman circle each other in a cage
A cage that’s been handed down the line
Lost and running ‘neath a million dead stars
Tonight let’s shed our skins and slip these bars
Happy in each other’s arms
Happy baby, come the dark
Happy in each other’s kiss
I m happy in a love like this

Notes: [1] This verse and other along the song also appear in My beautiful reward


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Published on the following official releases:

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 10/08/2005 Rose Garden Theatre of the Clouds, Portland,OR ,USA during the Devils and Dust tour, during the soundcheck.

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Never played in regular set.
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Song 'history':


Recorded during the HUMAN TOUCH / LUCKY TOWN studio sessions, but then not used for the albums.
The TRACKS studio out-take collection included for the first (official) time this song.
In the Devils and Dust tour, the song was only practiced (10/08/2005 Rose Garden Theatre of the Clouds, Portland,OR ,USA, during the soundcheck.) but never played in the regular set.
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