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I Was Happy Here

from Only Two Can Play by Doug Murphy/Paul Hamilton

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about

The genesis of this song is Doug's admiration for the bass stylings of Kim Deal (of Breeders and Pixies legend).
Lyrically, this has nothing to do with 'I Was Happy Here', a mid-60s Sarah Miles film, since we've never seen it, and only noticed the title in a Film Guide after our album was finished.

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I WAS HAPPY HERE

Work is work and play is work and a child is work and love is work
Relaxing's work and shopping's work and food is work and thinking's work
Walking's work and talking's work and understanding's work and sleep is work
Communicating's work and hate is work and sex is work and nothing's work.

Ambition's work and failing's work and moving's work and staying's work
Strength is work and fear is work and the past is work and the future's work
Smoking's work and drinking's work, unemployment's work, enjoyment's work
Crime is work and driving's work and war is work and freedom's work

I was happy here
I was someone
I was no-one
I was happy here
I was happy here
I knew where I was going
I knew where I was staying
I was happy here
I was happy here
You were my friend
I was your friend
I was happy here
I was happy here

I was happy here

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from Only Two Can Play, released July 4, 2011

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