WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HAPPY? (Gary Bonner/Alan Gordon)
[from Gary Walker & The Rain Album No. 1 LP - recorded 1968 - released Japan 1968]
[from Gary Walker & The Rain Album No. 1 CD - recorded 1968 - released Japan 2009]

Captain Jim, what’s wrong with him?
He used to be so strong, now he’s dying
Indian scout, dance and jump about
He used to be so brave, now he’s crying

O-o-oh, whatever happened to happy?
Was he all a state of mind?
Whatever happened to the happy days
We left far behind?

Rainy days, the games we played
My room, the place was made to make me happy
Rain would fall, so I would call
My friend Joe, when he would call me happy

O-o-oh, whatever happened to happy?
Was he all a state of mind?
Whatever happened to the happy days
We left far behind?

I won’t forget them
Things that have passed me by
I can see all the things that used to be
Still within the heart of me

Whatever happened to happy?
Was he all a state of mind?
Whatever happened to the happy days
We left far behind?

Dressed in white, she looks all right
She was the girl who dressed up Sunday morning

transcription by Tom Brennan

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