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Artist: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Canonical path: /joan-jett-e-the-blackhearts/why-can-t-we-be-happy
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Why Can't We Be Happy?
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Why Can't We Be Happy?
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(joan jett/kenny laguna)
I didnt mean to lose control and take it out on you
But there are things
I cant explain
Like havin dreams come true
While all the world
Is sad and cold
Look at me and you
We have so much
Why dont I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why cant we be happy
Every time we have a fight
It hurts me thru and thru
And all at once Im so unsure
What Im supposed to do
Even so I always know Ill spend my life with you
We have so much
Why dont I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why cant we be happy
No one can satisfy
The needs in me but you
I try to speak my mind to you
But you dont hear me
I gotta get off by myself
An have a drink or two
Cuz lately I been so uptight from
What were goin through
To live without you
Would hurt no doubt
I never wanted to
We have so much
Why dont I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why cant we be happy
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