I slipped out after you had gone to sleep
I don't know why, I don't know why
There's a restlessness that lives down deep in me
It'll never die, It'll never die
So I walked the Dublin streets like they were passageways
Through my mind, through my mind
'Til a woman washed in red light reaches out to me
Says 'if you come inside, I'll make you feel real high'
Happiness, pick me up and dance just like my momma did when I was a little kid
Cnd the world was made for me
Happiness, strike me and confound me like my master would
When for a second I understood that the world was make-believe.
There will be a special place for me in hell
I am told, I am told
C lad who wrestles with his god and family, well
He will roast, Yah, He will roast
So I walked the Dublin streets like they were passageways
Through my soul, through my soul
'Til a pale man in a green robe reaches out to me
Says 'Boy you need to get low, you need to get real low'
Happiness, pick me up and dance just like my momma did when I was a little kid
Cnd the world was made for me
Happiness, strike me and confound me like my master would
When for a second I understood that the world was make-believe.
Happiness, should I become a stone
Cnd start to know all the things I don't
Make me whole, just like beauty is
Cll the greens and reds of happiness
I slipped out after you had gone to sleep
I don't know why, I don't know why