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Happiness Ain't!
To a cruiser, it's a submarine,
To a freshman, it's a brand new dean,
To a cowboy, it's a big stampede,
To a farmer, it's a gosh darn weed!
To a mayor, it's the Civil Rights,
To a dancer, it's those too tight tights,
To a teacher, it's stupidity,
To my dear wife, it's no one but me!
Happiness ain't, happiness ain't,
Happiness ain't
Just a church without a steeple,
That's what happiness ain't!
To a hotrod, it's a traffic jam,
To a cloudburst, it's that gosh darn dam,
To a native, it's a pair of shoes,
To an alky, when he's out of booze!
To a negro, it's like prejudice,
To a soldier, it's an armistice,
To an arab, it's a piece of pork,
To a mother, it's that lousy stork!
Happiness aint, happiness aint,
Happiness aint,
A big, big world without no people,
That's what happiness ain't!
To a butcher, it's a dull, dull knife,
To a husband, it's his cheatin' wife,
To a robber, it's like gettin' caught,
To a schoolgirl, it's a great big naught!
To a sparrow, it's a windy day,
To the horses, it's not havin' hay,
To the housewife, it's just work, work, work,
To a genius, it's a dumb, dumb jerk!
Happiness ain't, happiness ain't,
Happiness ain't,
A politician without no people,
That's what happiness aint!
