Joe Jackson - Happyland - Vocal Lyrics

Lyrics Happyland - Vocal - Joe Jackson




It was on a summer night, she says, a year ago today
Packed, the place was packed
The chicos lookin′ for some play
He wore a satin shirt and said a prayer to Yemayá
And he was calm and handsome
As they squeezed through to the bar
The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane
Everyone was there
Sabrosón from Spanish Harlem
And luz from Camaguey
In her hand a single rose, and in her mouth a razorblade
Hot, the place was hot
Too many people to be safe
Who cared
It was our night
Watch us seize the day
And dance it all away...
Bailamos, esa noche, bailamos
In Happyland
It was on a summer night, she says - yes, it was a year ago
Hot, the place was hot
But where else were they gonna go
And then she heard the screams
And saw the smoke come down
And then it really turned into the hottest club in town
She remembers all the firetrucks
And that maldito TV crew
And he, he didn't make it
So, "mi amor, this song′s for you"
She's got red shoes on her feet
A nd a red smile on her face
And people say she's loca, to go back into that place
Who cared
This is my night
Watch me seize the day
And dance it all away...
Bailaré, esta noche, bailaré
In Happyland



Writer(s): Jackson David Ian


Joe Jackson - Collected
Album Collected
date of release
01-01-2010

1 Fools In Love
2 Is She Really Going Out With Him?
3 Look Sharp!
4 Got the Time
5 Sunday Papers
6 It's Different for Girls
7 I'm the Man
8 On Your Radio
9 Get That Girl
10 Tilt
11 Biology
12 Mad At You
13 Beat Crazy
14 One to One
15 The Harder They Come
16 Jack, You're Dead!
17 Jumpin' Jive
18 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
19 Five Guys Named Moe
20 What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)
21 Another World
22 Steppin' Out
23 Real Men
24 A Slow Song
25 Breaking Us In Two
26 Cosmopolitan
27 1-2-3 Go (This Town's A Fairground)
28 Laundromat Monday
29 Cha Cha Loco
30 Be My Number Two
31 You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
32 Happy Ending
33 Not Here, Not Now
34 Will Power
35 (He's A) Shape In A Drape - Tucker/Soundtrack Version
36 Nineteen Forever
37 Down To London
38 The Human Touch
39 Me and You (Against the World)
40 When You're Not Around
41 Stranger Than Fiction
42 Glamour and Pain - Vocal
43 Happyland - Vocal
44 Too Tough
45 King Pleasure Time
46 Come On - Live
47 Right and Wrong (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986)
48 (It's a) Big World (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986)
49 Forty Years (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986)
50 Home Town (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986)
51 Is She Really Going Out With Him? - A Capella Version / The Night And Day Tour / 1983
52 Jumpin Jive - The Big World Tour /1986
53 Summer In the City
54 Medley the In Crowd / Down to London
55 Stranger Than You (Live - 2 Meter Sessies)




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