This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy (look at me, I'm happy)
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) hey I give you my phone number
When you worry, call me, I make you happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no gal to make you smile
But don't worry, be happy
'Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
Now there is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note for note, like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Now listen to what I said, in your life expect some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
But don't worry, be happy, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't do it, be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) put a smile in your face, don't bring everybody down like this
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) it will soon pass, whatever it is
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm not worried
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm happy
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy (look at me, I'm happy)
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) hey I give you my phone number
When you worry, call me, I make you happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no gal to make you smile
But don't worry, be happy
'Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
Now there is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note for note, like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Now listen to what I said, in your life expect some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
But don't worry, be happy, be happy now
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't do it, be happy
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) put a smile in your face, don't bring everybody down like this
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) it will soon pass, whatever it is
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) don't worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm not worried
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) I'm happy
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Don't Worry, Be Happy Lyrics as written by Robert Mcferrin Jr.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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