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Artist: Sheryl Crow
Canonical path: /sheryl-crow/if-it-makes-you-happy
Related lyric paths: 6
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If It Makes You Happy
Read If It Makes You Happy lyrics by Sheryl Crow on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If It Makes You Happy
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I've been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and fan
Well, o.k. I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad
You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again
Well, o.k. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad
We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos
And everywhere in between
Well, o.k. We get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?
If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad
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Sheryl Crow performs "If It Makes You Happy", and this lyric page sits inside the Sheryl Crow catalog on LyroVerse.
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