Post your favorite HAPPY song here...

[FarLeftRage]

I'll start -

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
Its gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow Ive been prayin for
Its gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
Look all around, theres nothin but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
Its gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day

[tinfoil tiaras]

1. i can't help myself

merherher....."Shiny Happy People"-R.E.M.

Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd
People, people
Throw your love around
Love me, love me
Take it into town
Happy, happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine

(chorus)
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

Everyone around, love them, love them
Put it in your hands
Take it, take it
There’s no time to cry
Happy, happy
Put it in your heart
Where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine

(repeat chorus)

Hey, here we go!

[MorningGlow]

12. Got my DU name from this one

Morning glow, morning glow
Starts to glimmer when you know
Winds of change are set to blow
And sweep this whole land through
Morning glow is long past due

Morning glow, fill the earth
Come and shine for all you're worth
We'll be present at the birth
Of old things looking new
Morning glow is long past due

Oh morning glow
I'd like to help you grow
We should have started long ago
So

Morning glow, all day long
While we sing tomorrow's song
Never knew we could be so strong
But now it's very clear
Morning glow is almost here

Morning glow, by your light
We can make a new day bright
And the phantoms of the night
Will fade into the past
Morning glow is here
At last.


AND for good measure, "Walking on Sunshine"--of course!

[TOhioLiberal]

2. Celebration

by Kool and the Gang:
Yahoo! This is your celebration
Yahoo! This is your celebration

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now

Celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure

Everyone around the world
Come on!

Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on!
Let's celebrate

We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right

Baby...

We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's celebrate, it's all right

Yahoo!
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
It's a celebration!
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)

(ad lib)

Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times, come on!)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate

[deadparrot]

3. From Avenue Q, what I'm feeling toward our Republican bretheren...

Schadenfreude

Gary:
Right now you are down and out
And feelin' really crappy.

Nikki:
I’ll say.

Gary:
And when I see how sad you are,
It sorta makes me happy.

Nikki:
Happy?

Gary:
Sorry Nikki.
Human nature-
Nothing I can do.
It’s Schadenfreude
Making me feel glad that I’m not you.

Nikki:
Now that’s not very nice Gary.

Gary:
I didn’t say it was nice,
But everybody does it.
‘Dya ever clap when a waitress falls
And drops a tray of glasses?

Nikki:
Yea.

Gary:
And ain’t it fun to watch figure skaters
Fallin’ on their asses?

Nikki:
Sure.

Gary:
Don’t you feel all warm and cozy
Watching people out in the rain?

Nikki:
You bet.

Gary:
That’s

Both:
Schadenfreude.

Gary:
People taking pleasure in your pain.

Nikki:
Oh. Schadenfreude, huh? What’s that? Some kind of Nazi word?

Gary:
Yup. It’s German for ‘happiness at the misfortune of others’.

Nikki:
‘Happiness at the misfortune of others’
That is German!
Watching a vegetarian
Being told she just ate chicken.

Gary:
Or watching a frat boy
Realize just what he put his dick in.

Nikki:
Being on an elevator when somebody
Shouts ‘Hold the door!’

Gary:
Oh yea!

Both:
No!
Schadenfreude…

Gary:
Fuck you lady!
That’s what stairs are for!

Nikki:
Ooh- How about:
Straight A student’s getting B’s…

Gary:
Exes getting STDs…

Nikki:
Waking doormen from their naps…

Gary:
Watching tourists reading maps…

Nikki:
Football players getting tackled…

Gary:
CEOs getting shackled…

Nikki:
Watching actors never reach…

Both:
The ending of their Oscar speech!
Schadenfreude!
Schadenfreude!
Schadenfreude!
Schadenfreude!

Gary:
The world needs people like you and me
Who’ve been knocked around by fate
‘Cause when people see us
They don’t want to be us
And that makes them feel great

Nikki:
Sure.
We provide a vital service to society.

Both:
You and me!
Schadenfreude
Making the world a better place
Making the world a better place
Making the world a better place to be!

Gary:
S-C-H-A-D-E-N-F-R-E-U-D-E!

[bridgit]

4. Here Comes the Sun...

George Harrison & Paul Simon- Here Comes the Sun

[FarLeftRage]

8. Excellent!

My second choice!

[UTUSN]

5. Sung TO and BY ----------FDR!!!!!1 The sun'll come out to-morrow

************QUOTE**********

http://www.digitaltimes.com/karaoke/singers/tomorrow.html

From the 1977 Broadway Musical
and 1982 MOVIE "Annie"
Words by Martin Charnin
Music by Charles Strouse


Tomorrow
The sun'll come out to-mor-row___
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow__ there'll be sun___

Just thinking about tomorrow___
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow
'Til there's none.

When I'm stuck with a day that's gray and lonely__
I just stick out my chin and grin and say:

Oh, the sun'll come out to-mor-row___
So you got to hang on till tomorrow
come what may__
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow
You're always a day away.

The sun'll come out to-mor-row,___
bet your bot-tom dol-lar
that to-mor-row___ there'll be sun!

Jus' think-ing a-bout___ to-mor-row___
clears a-way the cob-webs and the sor-row___
till there's none.

When I'm stuck__ with a day that's gray and lone-ly___
I just stick__ out my chin and grin and say:

Oh! the sun'll come out_____ to-mor-row.
Oh! I got to hang on till to-mor-row
come what may!

To-mor-row, to-mor-row, I love ya to-mor-row.
You're only a day away!______



********UNQUOTE*******

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. Don't know if it's a "happy" song, but it keeps playing in my head...

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads. :D

Watch out
You might get what youre after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
Im an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight wait till the partys over
Hold tight were in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Heres your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin fire with fire

All wet
Hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown
Dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame

My house
Sout of the ordinary
Thats might
Dont want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin yet
Everythings stuck together
I dont know what you expect starring into the tv set
Fighting fire with fire

[FarLeftRage]

7. Oh, of course it is!

It's a very happy song!

[FarLeftRage]

9. Shameless kick!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[unsavedtrash]

10. Mr. Blue Sky

Sun is shining in the sky
there aint a
cloud in sight
it's stopped raining
Everybody's in the play
And don't you know
it's a beautiful new day, Hey-hey
Running down the
avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living
here today, Hey- Hey

Mr.Blue Sky,
please tell
us why,
you had to hide away for so long(So Long),
Where did we go wrong

Mr.Blue Sky,
please
tell us why,
you had to hide away for so long(So Long),
Where did we go wrong

Hey, you, with the pretty
face
welcome to the human race
A celebration
Mr.
Blue Sky's up there waiting
And today is the day
we've waited for, Oh-Oh

Mr.Blue Sky,
please tell us why,
you had to hide away for so long(So
Long),
Where did we go wrong

Hey, there, Mr.
Blue, we're so pleased to be with you,
Look around,
see what you do, everybody smiles at you

Hey, there,
Mr. Blue, we're so pleased to be with you,
Look
around, see what you do, everybody smiles at you

Mr.
Blue Sky, Mister Blueee Sky, Mr Blueee Skyyy, yi

Mr.
Blue, you'll get it right, but soon comes Mr. Night,
Creepin' over, now his hand is on your shoulder,
Nevermind, I'll remember you this, I'll remember you
this way

Mr.Blue Sky,
please tell us why,
you had to hide away for so long(So Long),
Where did we
go wrong

Hey, there, Mr. Blue(Sky), we're so
pleased to be with you(sky),
Look around, see what you
do(Blue), everybody smiles at you

[azmouse]

11. Dancin' in the Streets

Calling out around the world,are you ready for a brand new beat.
Summer's here and the time is right,for dancing in the streets,
They're dancing in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
Up in New york city

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere.
There'll be swinging, swaying, records playing, dancing in the streets,
It doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there,
So come on
Grab a guy, grab a girl, everywhere around the world.


There'll be dancing, dancing in the streets.
It's just an invitation, across the nation, a chance for folks to meet.
There'll be laughing, singing, music swinging, dancing in the streets
All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere.
There'll be swinging, swaying, records playing, dancing in the streets,
It doesnt matter what you wear, just as long as you are there,
So come on
Grab a guy, grab a girl, everywhere around the world.


Dancing, dancing in the streets,
Way down in LA, everyday, dancing in the streets
San Francisco way, they do it everyday now,
Dancing in the streets

[miss_american_pie]

13. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RGMZqA7PsA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9gya1zp0p8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqZ-rhMYIco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORc5Td_T6og&search=the%20cure%20just%20like%20heaven

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Not a "song", strictly speaking:

The "Ode to Joy" from the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

[Left Is Write]

15. I favor "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac....

and I'd've been playing it nonstop today if only Larry Grant had won the House seat he was running for.

[jus_the_facts]

16. Feelin' Satisfied ~ Boston

Well come on
All you people
The time has come to get together
You gotta have a little rock 'n' roll music
To get you through the stormy weather
And do whatever you feel
When you let go
Nothin's gonna help you more than rock 'n' roll

So come on, put you hands together
You know it's now or never
Take a chance on rock 'n' roll

Ooo are you feelin' satisfied
Come on let us give your mind a ride
Ooo are you ready tonight
Come on let us give your mind a ride you can do what you like
Come on let us give your mind a ride

Oh that funky feelin'
Is what you need to get you through
You oughta know
I'll tell you somethin'
Don't let your troubles get to you
'cause win or lose it's alright
Well take control
And nothin's gonna help you more than rock 'n' roll

So come on
Put you hands together
You know it's now or never
Take a chance on rock 'n' roll

Ooo are you feelin' satisfied
Come on let us give your mind a ride
Ooo are you ready tonight
Come on let us give your mind a ride you can do what you like
Come on let us give your mind a ride

[KatyaR]

17. This is a good one--Bette Midler's version of "Up the Ladder to The Roof"

I think I'll go find this and listen to it right now . . . .

Come with me, come with me
and we shall run across the sky.
We illuminate the night.
Ohhhh, I, I will try and guide you
to better times and brighter days.

Just don't be afraid.

Come on up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

Stay with me, stay with me
and we shall let expression sing.
Hear freedom ringin'.
Ohhh, memories of yesterday's broken dreams.
Hey, don't you know, don't you know
that they are gonna fade away?
Don't be afraid.

Come on up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

We'll laugh, I'll tell you the story of love.
How it is, the happiness in it, baby.
We combine these thoughts and together we will travel
to the fountain of lovingness.
I will never, never, never, never,
never leave you, baby.
As we grow older and older and older, babe.

Standing strong we'll say:
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go

up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

Let's go up the, up the, up the ladder to heaven.
Heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven.

[Aristus]

18. "I Feel Fine", by The Beatles. It's a love song, not a celebration song,

(unless its about celebrating love :-) )

But it's just so darn HAPPY!

When Paul and John sing: "I'm so GLAD!..." you just can't help but smile and feel good. B-)

[MsKandice01]

19. Here's a little song I wrote...

You might wanna sing it note for note
Don't worry
Be Happy

Your landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
But don't worry
Be Happy

*ducking tomatoes*

[begin_within]

20. Here's one

A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)

by Luther Vandross

(used in the musical and movie "The Wiz")

Everybody look around
'Cause there's a reason to rejoice you see
Everybody come out
And let's commence to singing joyfully
Everybody look up
And feel the hope that we've been waiting for

Everybody's glad
Because our silent fear and dread is gone
Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully
Just look about
You owe it to yourself to check it out
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?

Everybody be glad
Because the sun is shining just for us
Everybody wake up
Into the morning into happiness

Hello world
It's like a different way of living now
And thank you world
We always knew that we'd be free somehow
In harmony
And show the world that we've got liberty

It's such a change
For us to live so independently
Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully
Just look about
You owe it to yourself to check it out
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?

Everybody be glad
Because the sun is shining just for us
Everybody wake up
Into the morning into happiness
Hello world
It's like a different way of living now
And thank you world
We always knew that we'd be free somehow
In harmony
And show the world that we've got liberty

It's such a change
For us to live so independently
Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully
Just look about
You owe it to yourself to check it out
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?
Can't you feel a brand new day?

[Zomby Woof]

21. Down On The Corner

Early in the evenin', just about supper time,
Over by the courthouse they're starting to unwind
Four kids on the corner trying to bring you up
Willy picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp.

Down on the corner, out in the street,
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.

Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile,
Blinky, thumps the gut bass and solos for a while
Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo.

You dont need a penny just to hang around,
But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?
Over on the corner there's a happy noise
People come from all around to watch the magic boy.