Happy Song

I see Leon every morning, on the corner of Main and Brown
He swallows he pride that he had once 'cause he ain't worked in 18 months,
since they shut the factory down,

Ties his old gray dog up to a lamppost, cardboard sign clutched in his calloused hands,
He doesn't want their money for nothing, he's just trying to get back something,
That resembles what he once had

And someday I'm gonna na na na, someday I'm gonna sha la la, someday I'm gonna have me a sing-along
And one day when this world is right and there's no struggle and there's no fight, I'm gonna sing me a happy song

Jackie joined the core right outa high school,
Just like daddy and papa Ray,
He shook hands with a man in a suit for an M16 and some combat boots and then he signed his life away

6000 miles across the ocean, wearing desert camouflage
They sold him the story stock, barrel, and lock,
Sent him back home in a flag-draped box,
All for the quest of a mirage


And someday I'm gonna na na na, someday I'm gonna sha la la, someday I'm gonna have me a sing-along
And one day when this world is right and there's no struggle and there's no fight, I'm gonna sing me a happy song

I pray that day will come when I can stand and song
For you a joyful melody
A song of hope for all the children of this world
to shout in perfect harmony

Heaven knows that I'm not perfect
Got my share of bones behind the door
But I don't get this I hate him, for the way he talks or the shade of his skin
'cause that ain't what I came here for

And someday I'm gonna na na na, someday I'm gonna sha la la, someday I'm gonna have me a sing-along
And one day when this world is right and there's no struggle and there's no fight, I'm gonna sing me a happy song