Everybody oughta sing a happy song Be thankful to be a-livin' The good things that you get Are just interest on your givin' And walkin' a mile kind words in a smile To everyone you meet all along Can multiply with each pa**in' by And we all sing a happy song Well, it's a sad ol' world that we're a-livin' A man told me yesterday Well, he said I didn't have any reason to care 'Cause tomorrow I'd be blown away Well, I wondered, was he right And I wear all night until the new day came along Then the sun shone bright and the world looked bright So I sang me a happy song Everybody oughta sing a happy song Be thankful to be a-livin' The good things that you get Are just interest on your givin' And walkin' a mile, kind words in a smile To everyone you meet all along Can multiply with each pa**in' by And we all sing a happy song Well, today you need a program
To see who to shootin' who And I hear folks a-sayin' That tomorrow we'll all be through 'Cause we got a bum and they got a bum And all God's children got a bum I don't know what's wrong But we'll all get along If we just sing a happy song Everybody oughta sing a happy song Be thankful to be a-livin' The good things that you get Are just interest on your givin' And walkin' a mile, kind words in a smile To everyone you meet all along Can multiply with each pa**in' by And we all sing a happy song Everybody oughta sing a happy song Be thankful to be a-livin' The good things that you get Are just interest on your givin' And walkin' a mile kind words in a smile To everyone you meet all along Can multiply with each pa**in' by And we all sing a happy song Can multiply with each pa**in' by And we all sing a happy song