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Choose to Be Happy Lyrics by John McMartin

Grey Gardens Original Broadway Cast Recording

2007

[PEALE]
Harsh winters weather the mansions we build
Highways have potholes and milk will be spilled
Does your cup runneth half empty or filled?
One simple principle makes you invincible
Choose to be happy
[ENSEMBLE]
Happy, happy
[PEALE]
Choose to be happy
[ENSEMBLE]
Happy, happy
[PEALE]
Make that the motto you use to be happy
[ENSEMBLE]
Happy
[PEALE]
Happy to choose what you
[PEALE & ENSEMBLE]
Choose not too see
[PEALE, spoken]
Everybody
[PEALE & ENSEMBLE]
Choose to be happy like me
[PEALE]
Think, really think, of a goal worth achieving
And try, really try, but begin by believing
[ENSEMBLE]
Praise the lord!
[PEALE]
Wake every morning and say, really say
The rest of your life starts today
[ENSEMBLE]
Hallelujah!
[PEALE, spoken]
Hallelujah!
[ENSEMBLE]
Hallelujah!
[PEALE, spoken]
Hallelujah!
[ENSEMBLE]
Hallelujah!
[PEALE]
You’re on your way
(spoken)
Sister Marla
[MARLA]
Sandcastles crumble as evening rolls in
Look to the sunrise about to begin
You’re going places you never have been
[PEALE & MARLA]
Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be
[PEALE & ENSEMBLE]
Choose!
[ENSEMBLE]
To be happy
Happy, happy
[PEALE, spoken]
Positive thinking!
Make up your mind!
[ENSEMBLE]
Happy, happy
[PEALE]
Make that the motto you use to be happy
[ENSEMBLE]
Happy
[PEALE]
Happy to choose what you
[PEALE & ENSEMBLE]
Choose not too see
[PEALE]
You’ll see how happy you’ll be
[PEALE & ENSEMBLE]
If you just choose
[ENSEMBLE]
To be happy (Happy, happy)
[PEALE, spoken]
Only…
[ENSEMBLE]
Choose to be happy (Happy, happy)
[PEALE, spoken]
Just…
[ENSEMBLE]
Choose to be happy (Happy, happy)
Choose to be happy (Happy, happy)
Choose to be happy (Happy, happy)
Choose to be happy
Credits
John McMartin

John McMartin

About “Choose to Be Happy” by John McMartin

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"Choose to Be Happy" is credited to John McMartin. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Choose to Be Happy" appears on "Grey Gardens Original Broadway Cast Recording" in 2007.

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