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Happy on Earth

from The Prince that Nobody Knows by COPPINS

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lyrics

my girl likes her suds in a big ol' bathtub
with cast iron legs and porcelain soap trays
and i like my scotch in a little shot glass
makin' songs of the future from tunes of the past
and we like to laugh, no life's not so bad
we're both having fun not living too fast
and we hit the porch with a smile on our face
and the lady next store thinks we're a disgrace...

chorus
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth you're in heaven
but this earth is hell
to the devil
hell is heaven...

the man at the corner got an old leather face
gravel voice like a feather and a run-down old place
but he got some tales that he's just not tellin'
about far away war, forgotten blood lettin'
but he smiles at us and i smile back
i know he's seen some miles beyond that old shack
as it was in the beginning it will be in the end
and we're both all alone, and we both need a friend

chorus

if i had a freight train and my very own track
i'd sleep in the caboose in an old leather sac
and i'd sing to the mountains with the moon in my face
and i'd ride all my friends far away from this place

chorus
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth you're in heaven
but this earth is hell
to the devil
hell is heaven...

credits

from The Prince that Nobody Knows, track released April 11, 2014
Ayron Mortley - guitar & background vocals
Chris Staig - guitar
Coppins - tenor guitar
Jesse Whiteley - B3 organ
Terry Wilkins - bass
Josh Hicke - drums
Jim Bish - alto sax

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COPPINS Toronto, Ontario

Full bio @ COPPINS.CA
Grier Coppins began his musical career on the street in Toronto playing bagpipes at the corner Yonge & Bloor in the mid 1970's. He was an original member of critically acclaimed Canadian bagpipe/funksters Rare Air in the 1980's. In 1993 he founded Taxi Chain, a rhythm & blues infused cocktail of song & tune. Coppins has played almost every major folk fest in Canada & the USA. ... more

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