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Happy Loving Couples Lyrics
I've just been to see my best friend
He's found another girl
Says she's just about the best thing
In the whole damn world
And he says, can't you see what the little lady's done for me?
Says it like he thinks I'm blind
But the things that you see ain't necessarily the things you can find
Happy loving couples make it look so easy
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
People say I'm too damn fussy
When it comes to girls
Happy couples say I must live
In a lonely world
Wanna be, wanna really be what my friends pretend to be
Be it in my own good time
Bein' kind to myself 'til I become one of two of a kind
But those happy loving couples make it look so easy
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine!
You ain't no friends of mine
You know what I mean... happy loving couples in matching lamb turtleneck sweaters, reading Ideal Homes magazine... yeah
Wanna be, wanna really be what my friends pretend to be
Be it in my own good time
Bein' kind to myself 'til I become one of two of a kind
But those happy loving couples make it look so easy
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine!
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
--right, that's enough
He's found another girl
Says she's just about the best thing
In the whole damn world
Says it like he thinks I'm blind
But the things that you see ain't necessarily the things you can find
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
When it comes to girls
Happy couples say I must live
In a lonely world
Be it in my own good time
Bein' kind to myself 'til I become one of two of a kind
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine!
Be it in my own good time
Bein' kind to myself 'til I become one of two of a kind
Happy loving couples always talk so kind
Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner
Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine!
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
You ain't no friends of mine
--right, that's enough
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Another supersong from Joe Jackson. You may call the person singing jealous, but if you were the only one who's single among many couples (and even better: been like that your whole life), you would understand what this song is about. Yes, envy. Everyone around you is happy, because they have their significant other. You're not happy because you're the only single. They try to cheer you up but actually they make you really mad. You try to pretend you're happy, but in fact you're not. Because you've been single your whole life, you don't know how to deal with girls (people say I'm to damn fussy when it comes to girls). By that you're pushing then away from yourself. Others call you odd for that.
Try to understand this. I do
the comments are missing something, that like a lot of joe's best songs, this one 'cuts both ways'; yes, the narrator is jealous and perhaps a tad self-righteous. but he also sees the flaws in his friends' relationships ("he's found another girl" - emphasis on the second to last word) and how their shit comes up short ("talk so kind"). it's pretty idealistic of him to wait for something real....
i like the guttermouth cover of this!
The story of my motherfuckin' life.
Try for someone other than your mother, ratanx! ;-)