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Wanna be Happy

from The Prince that Nobody Knows by COPPINS

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lyrics

i feel so bad, but i wanna feel good
gonna try a little something, don't know that i should
i went to the closet for an old working glove
pulled a hundred dollar bill, gonna buy a little love

so that i could be happy the rest of my day
i could be happy the rest of my night

and it's knock knock knock in the alley in the back
i need a little love no strings attached
i'll show you little sugar, i'll show you little spice
but you better treat this girl real nice

just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night

one look at me and that girl did say
you don't look like a man that often pays
i said no you're wrong, i've paid way too much
a hundred dollar cheap for a little bit of love

just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night

we finished our business and she started to laugh
she said don't be a stranger, you come right back
i mined my manners, my thanks, my please
that's the kind of action put a man to ease

just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night

the next time i came i brought a little wine
she read me my cards and we had a good time
there was no future, there was no past
we lived in the moment and we had a real blast

and we could be happy the rest of our day
and we could be happy the rest of our night

you know i got a little place in the country side
where the birds all sing ad the bears all hide
this can't be no kind of life
you could come with me and be my wife

and you could be happy the rest of your day
and you could be happy the rest of your night

she took a deep breath, she started to cry
she said no way jack and don't ask why
i made myself a promise in this life
i'm never ever gonna be another man's wife

and i can be happy the rest of my day
i can be happy the rest of my night

well i can't go back to that house no more
'cause they put a big padlock on the door
the cops all came they took the girls away
and where they took those girls they just won't say

but i hope they be happy the rest of their day
i hope they be happy the rest of their night

i think of that girl from time to time
i hope she's living well in warm sunshine
if i ever see my minnie again
i'm gonna give that girl a great big grin

so she can be happy the rest of her day
she can be happy the rest of her night
i wanna be happy the rest of my day
i wanna be happy the rest of my night

credits

from The Prince that Nobody Knows, track released April 11, 2014
chris staig - guitar
terry wilkins - bass
jesse whiteley - B3 organ
paul brennan - drums
colleen hodgson - backing vocal
coppins - tenor guitar & vocal

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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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