You're So Happy

The Cure

SO YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
BUT YOU'LL TRY ONE JUST THE SAME
yeah I KNOW YOU CAN LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
YOU'RE JUST PLAYING A GAME...
AGAIN

oh YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FAMOUSLY STUPID
BUT YOU'LL LIVE IT FOR A WHILE
oh I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY DOING THAT IRONY THING
WHEN YOU SMILE BUT DON'T SMILE...

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS
DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO OR THEY SAY
YOU LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE IN YOUR OWN TIME
AND IN YOUR OWN DEAD INDIFFERENT WAY

yeah... in your own time...

NO YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FABULOUS IN THINGS
BUT YOU'LL BE ONE JUST IN CASE
yeah I KNOW YOU CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
YOU'RE JUST HAVING A TASTE...

DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS
DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT THEY DO OR THEY SAY
yeah YOU ARE AS YOU FEEL IN YOUR OWN TIME
AND IN YOUR OWN DEAD INDIFFERENT WAY
AND YOU WILL SWEAR ON ANY LIFE BUT YOUR OWN
THAT YOU'RE HAPPY! HAPPY HOW IT ALL IS...
AT LEAST IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU THINK I SHOULD THINK
THAT YOU THINK ABOUT ANY OF THIS

ABOUT ANY OF THIS... yeah... and it's so much more than you ever need...

AND YOU WILL SWEAR ON ANY LIE BUT YOUR OWN
THAT YOU'RE HAPPY! HAPPY HOW IT ALL IS...
AT LEAST IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU THINK I SHOULD THINK
THAT YOU THINK ABOUT ANY OF THIS...

YOU'RE SO... HAPPY yeah!
YOU'RE SO... HAPPY yeah!
YOU'RE SO... HAPPY yeah!
YOU'RE SO... HAPPY yeah!

SO HAPPY... YOU COULD KILL ME!


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    anyone know where i can get this song, hating an ex right now, lyrics describe him pretty much perfectly

    singthissongformeon February 17, 2005   Link
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    I own every Cure album (either in vinyl, cassette, or CD) and have not seen this on any of them. Must be an unavailable track. It could be an Easy Cure song from early on that never made it. I even checked The Glove and Siouxsie albums and did not see it.

    lokithecaton April 05, 2005   Link
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    This isn't a cure song, it was misnamed on file sharing programs. It's actually by a band called pink pig or something or other.

    MurderRapeLoveon July 14, 2005   Link
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    This is in fact an unreleased Cure song from Bloodflowers.

    lokithecaton August 03, 2005   Link
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    There is an unreleased track called "you're so happy", but this is not it.

    MurderRapeLoveon September 23, 2005   Link
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    ~i found this on someone's homepage last year. took a lot of searching on google, but it's out there. anyway, it's a demo verison that i have, and robert only sings a few of the lines from this lyric sheet. the whole version is only 1:10 long, and is lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass. no drums. straight vocals, no effects. sung conversational till after the inst. break then loud, but not shouting.

    yeah, you will swear on any lie that you're on that you're happy, happy how it all is... and at least, it's the way... that you think i should think that you think about, any of this..

    oh, you're so happy... you're so happy... you could kill me... you could kill me... you could kill meee... you could kill...

    tatterblossomon May 26, 2006   Link
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    by the by, it was from the bloodflowers session. ~cheers

    tatterblossomon May 26, 2006   Link
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    umm no... this song is an effective marketing gimmick by a band named PINK PIG. It was purposely misnamed and sung in a sloppy robert smithesque style to ride on the cure's coat tails.

    MurderRapeLoveon June 07, 2006   Link
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    This ought to clear this whole mess up: lacunae.com/pinkpig.htm

    So there is a Cure song with atleast some of these lyrics, recorded during the Bloodflower sessions, but I don't think The Cure have ever actually played it to an audience or released a demo of it or whathaveyou.

    And Pink Pig isn't a band, it's a Cure tribute album by a lot of Cure fans. Sounds rather nifty to me, I wish I'd been involved, though I'd never have been able to choose which song to cover. :P

    sephereniaon June 22, 2006   Link
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    I looked this song up on limewire. I found a version with Robert singing those lines.

    [starla]on June 23, 2006   Link

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