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I Want to Be Happy Lyrics by Jack Gilford, Susan Watson, No, No, Nanette Ensemble (1971)

No, No, Nanette (New Broadway Cast Recording (1971))

1971

[JIMMY]
I'm a very ordinary man
Trying to work out life's happy plan
Doing into others as I'd like
To have them doing unto me
When I find a very lonely soul
To be kind becomes my only goal
I feel so much better
When I tell them my philosophy
I want to be happy
But I won't be happy
Till I make you happy too
Life's really worth living
When we are mirth-giving
Why can't I give some to you
When skies are grey
And you say you are blue
I'll send the sun smilin' through
I want to be happy
But I won't be happy
Till I make you happy too
[NANETTE]
No one's ever talkеd like this to me
I have nеver known such sympathy
Only in my dreams
It really seems to me
It's too good to be true
There are smiling faces everywhere
Surely I deserve my little share
I'm a lucky girl to know that
I can get it all from you
I want to be happy
But I won't be happy
Till I make you happy too
Life's really worth living
When we are mirth-giving
Why can't I give some to you
When skies are grey
And you say you are blue
I'll send the sun smilin' through
'Cause I want to be happy
But I won't be happy
Till I make you happy-
[JIMMY]
Till I make you happy-
[JIMMY & Nanette]
Till I make you happy too
[BOYS]
We want to be happy
But we won't be happy
Till we make you happy too
When skies are grey
And you say you are blue
We'll send the sun smilin' through
We want to be happy
But we won't be happy
Till we make you happy too
Credits
Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Susan Watson

Susan Watson

No, No, Nanette Ensemble (1971)

No, No, Nanette Ensemble (1971)

About “I Want to Be Happy” by Jack Gilford

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"I Want to Be Happy" is credited to Jack Gilford, Susan Watson, No, No, Nanette Ensemble (1971). Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"I Want to Be Happy" appears on "No, No, Nanette (New Broadway Cast Recording (1971))" in 1971.

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