I'm Happy Now: Lyrics From A New Song

I had this little bit of music in my head that had evolved around the rhythm of singing aloud a lyric: "I'm happy now." Oh, a "happy" song? Okay: uh...then what? Well, I came up with a chord progression, and a song's gotta have verses (and a bridge). Well, for me, presently, that's how I think so that's how I built the song. I went for alliterative, imagistic stretch-narrative and came up with this. The Late Joys will debut it at The Carousel Lounge on Thursday. Come out and give it a hearing!

I'm Happy Now

When sour dour super-power furies ground me down
Uncertain closed the curtain chose a furtive path unfound
A fledgling how I floundered now I hurdle yonder cloud
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now

They’re flying drones and throwing sticks and stones in the glass house
Those whining dopes no hopers pricks and moaning gadabouts
But I have poured cold water on their smoking bad-ass row
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now

Oh how I’d weep
The nights I couldn’t sleep
And how I’d cry
The days it went awry
But it all came good
In every way it should
And my long list of all the things I thought had passed me by
I tore it out and balled it up and threw it on the fire

Formerly confused my features furrowed frowning brow
I callously flogged horse and ass and unicorn and plow
Aye, I was volatile seldom smiled madding crowd
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now
I’m happy now