Happy

Happy

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

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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...

© 2010 AreWeBothCrazy


Author's Note

AreWeBothCrazy
This is really wrote as a song

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

good job. :)

Posted 13 Years Ago


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.

Posted 13 Years Ago


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

Posted 13 Years Ago


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

Posted 13 Years Ago


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

Posted 13 Years Ago


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

I love this line so much!

Posted 13 Years Ago


Great write :)

Posted 13 Years Ago


cool..

Posted 13 Years Ago


I love it. Great Job

Posted 13 Years Ago


i was singing it in my head. good job

Posted 13 Years Ago



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AreWeBothCrazy
AreWeBothCrazy

Minneapolis, MN



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I live in Minneapolis, my third city (previously Milwaukee and a suburb of New York City you've never heard of) and the place where my life has changed the most. I'm a hippy - I love marijuana with m.. more..

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