Happy

A song about growing up and realizing you can be content with the little things

I met a girl a couple years ago
Just escaped the undertow
Rid of the old ways, she's thankful
Nothing to her name except
A half a pack of cigarettes
A lighter, a CD case, and a percocet

She had hopes, she had dreams
But that first high made her believe
That life was meant to be led simply

She's a wreck
She's a mess
She is in over her head
But she couldn't ask for anything more
She's a foot
From the edge
You can see it in her smokey breath
But she's happy, she's happy
That's for sure

A few years later she's workin' at the same place
That changed her life at 17 in the greatest way
When she can't sleep she drives around
She's seen every part of time
Bottoms up, falling down

She had hopes, she had dreams
But that first high made her believe
That life was meant to be led simply

She's a wreck
She's a mess
She is in over her head
But she couldn't ask for anything more
She's a foot
From the edge
You can see it in her smokey breath
But she's happy, she's happy
That's for sure

Start the car, it is dark
Adjust her shirt to hide the scars
This is the life that she chose
Take a hit, this is it
She is used to the drips
She knows how it goes...

Author's Note

This is really wrote as a song

Reviews

[Sasha]

beautiful write. The word flow is great, it does come across as a song. And there chorus is excellent!

good job. :)

[Marie Harrison]

I think this would make a great song. I could hear it, because it had a flow to it. It's a sad song though, but I liked it.

[AchingAlexandra]

Wow.
That was.....
wow....
I absolutely adored that.
It explains it in a way that is inexplicable.

[YouoweYoupay]

I like how this piece enfolds all together, its smthng we can relate to. Some say, life is a choice you make, and no one else is to blame for the times you trip.

-Wella

[Brad]

could tell, i heard it two ways...one way sung by tom waits and another rapped by emininem...this was strikingly powerful...gutteral

[Cynthia]

Wow! I bet this will be a good song too!
'She had hopes, she had dreams'

I love this line so much!

[xNote_to_selfx]

Great write :)

[Jonathan De Elvira]

cool..

[Escape My Fate]

I love it. Great Job

[Ashley]

i was singing it in my head. good job