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Happy Town

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The plan was to sweep the world off its feet
so you sweep the garage for the neighbours to see
the plan was to set the world on its ear
and I bet you don't know why you're here

Who knew
that avenue was bound for happy town
happy town
happy now
happy town

Actors, authors, artists and thieves
have afternoon parties where nobody heaves
former strippers and junkies and men of the cloth
and we all fell in line and got lost

Who knew
that avenue was bound for happy town
happy town
hey, happy now

happy town
happy town

happy town
happy town

The plan was to set the world on its ear
and I'm willing to bet you don't last a year
the plan was to set the world on fire
but it rains every day on the liar

In happy town
happy town
happy town

repeat

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krushzed On Jan 10, 2002

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by Mikely

2y ago

There’s other recovery-related material (The Last) on All Shook Down, so I always interpreted this as being about AA or some type of 12-step program.

Corrected lines:

go to afternoon parties where nobody heaves
but it rains everyday on a liar

This album gets slagged a lot. I don’t care whether it’s really a Replacements album or “Paul’s first solo record,” I have always loved it. I hope Paul agrees someday to have it remixed. The drums and some of the added vocal effects are awful but underneath all that it’s a gem.

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