As the title implies, a song about happiness. The narrator can be happy even in a bad situation, probably because she’s in love.
This song could be inspired by the lives of the bandmates, Deb Talan and Steve Tannen, who were in a relationship (and later got married).
Friday 13, lights go red, green, in a coffee shop
I'm giving you the look
While someone else
Is fingering your wallet and my pocketbook
It's a mean town but I don't care
Try and steal this
Can't steal happiness
Got a charger, no cell phone, I can't call out
Unless it's to cry your name out the open window
To a sky that looks right back
And says it's never seen rain
Sometimes you gotta start clean
You gotta begin not begin again, oh no
And as we fly around the sun
We know we're not the only ones
Love for the lonely
It's been a long time coming
Can you hear that hopeful heart?
Night settles, still working on a way to breathe
Don't you go, don't you go down
Take a helium taxi home to me
It's a mean town, we don't care
Try and steal this
Can't steal happiness
Happiness was written by Steve Tannen & Deb Talan.
Happiness was produced by Deb Talan & Steve Tannen.
The Weepies released Happiness on Sat Nov 29 2003.