Happy Day Lyrics

In my sensations, I believe that I was
Born with the things that I know
I want to talk like I read
Before I decide what to do


And I fell all over and I couldn't stand up
I can't be critical, a heart won't stop

Such a happy day for me
Bring that happy day to me
Send that happy day to me
And that happy day came to me, come to me, here it comes


I'm only looking
Feel like my heart has a will of its own
I feel, feel nice inside
Right here
And now it's summer again

The story I told, the story I made up
I was foolin' around but a heart can't stop

Such a happy day for me
Bring that happy day to me
Send that happy day to me
And that happy day come to me, come to me, here it comes
This boy is in motion
Some density moved right beside me
I want my sentence
Right here
But now I'm far away

A sign was given but many years have passed
It cost a little bit to love you but a heart can't stop


Such a happy day for me
Bring that happy day to me
Send that happy day to me
And that happy day came to me, come to me, here it comes
It's alright

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Arguably the most optimistic and warm song from Talking Heads' first album. Such a naive melody would not be heard again until the early 80s.

Following the biting “Tentative Decisions” and preceding the nervous “Who Is It?” on Talking Heads: 77, “Happy Day” is a welcome intermission among its companion neuroses and David Byrneisms.

Talking Heads: 77 sounds primitive in contrast to later opuses like Remain in Light but it’s important to remember that this album is where all those attitudes about the world first coalesce and become the language that the band uses to react to the world they live in. The words, though minimal and direct, provide enough room for the audience to interpret them on any level of literalness or abstractness.

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Credits
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Recorded At
Sundragon Studios, Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Release Date
September 16, 1977
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