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Artist: Joan Jett
Canonical path: /joan-jett/why-cant-we-be-happy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Why Cant We Be Happy
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Why Cant We Be Happy
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I didn't mean to lose control and take it out on you
But there are things
I can't explain
Like havin' dreams come true
While all the world
Is sad and cold
Look at me and you
We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy
Every time we have a fight
It hurts me thru and thru
And all at once I'm so unsure
What I'm supposed to do
Even so I always know I'll spend my life with you
We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy
No one can satisfy
The needs in me but you
I try to speak my mind to you
But you don't hear me
I gotta get off by myself
An' have a drink or two
Cuz lately I been so uptight from
What we're goin' through
To live without you
Would hurt no doubt
I never wanted to
We have so much
Why don't I feel happy, baby?
I love you so much
Why can't we be happy
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