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The Happy Problem

by The Happy Problem

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    The debut release from indiepunk band The Happy Problem, with 5 addictive melodic punk tunes. Songs featured on CW, ABC, MTV and more.

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1.
Happy Happy Happy Pretty Baby with her pants on fire Never tells the truth She's the pretty one we all admire Always gets what she wants too Hey Missy (Missy Missy Missy) So happy (Happy happy happy) Won't you let us get in your way Let us crawl inside your happy life Pretty Baby plays the center part In our gullible minds Makes you feel like you're a movie star Then she leaves you behind Hey Missy (Missy Missy Missy) So happy (Happy happy happy) Won't you let us get in your way Let us crawl inside your happy life Such a shiny surface, it must be done on purpose to blind us Crack the vessel open and all the bits are broken And everything comes floating up So, Pretty Baby with your pants on fire Keep a lid on the truth Be our prima donna, flash a smile You are just how we want you Hey Missy (Missy Missy Missy) So happy (Happy happy happy) Won't you let us get in your way Let us crawl inside your happy life
2.
Zero 03:01
Zero Lock the door and turn the TV on Watch the cartoon people being drawn Change my hurt so I can love again Make it anger so I can defend Oh oh oh oh Zero oh oh oh Square one let's Pull the tumor out and leave a space I am cured but now an empty place Eats away at me as longing does Grows a tumor where the tumor was Oh oh oh oh Zero oh oh oh Square one let's Maybe there won't be more pain If I stop and stay the same Maybe if I don't breathe No one else can hurt me Oh oh oh oh Zero oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Zero oh oh oh Lock the door and turn the TV on Watch the cartoon people being drawn
3.
I'll Love You When I'm Gone I am night while you are dawn While mortars thunder on I'll love you when I'm gone Like a picture in a frame That never drops its gaze I'll see you always And now I'm not alone even when I am alone And now I'm always home even when I'm far from home And the night turns to dawn and time somehow moves on And I'll love you when I'm gone It's hot hot here You always feel the fear But everything is clear Even when my hands shake I'm steadied by the faith That our love makes And now I'm not alone even when I am alone And now I'm always home even when I'm far from home And the night turns to dawn and time somehow moves on And I'll love you when I'm gone My hand is on my heart That's where you are It's hot hot here You always feel the fear But everything is clear And the night turns to dawn and time somehow moves on And I'll love you when I'm gone
4.
Cryin' Shame 02:34
Cryin' Shame When I see you talking, your eyes tell me through my t.v. That we are meant to meet I've also seen you sleeping, so softly in that movie I wish you'd do that next to me It's a cryin' shame that you don't even know my name And I swear sometimes it smarts to feel you breathing down my heart And now you are smiling, brilliantly in a magazine But no one knows you just like me And now you are laughing, playfully in a window display But I can't get inside to be It's a cryin' shame that you don't even know my name And I swear sometimes it smarts to feel you breathing down my heart I can't stand the waiting for the day when our lives meet I'd be so fascinating, you'll see And now you are laughing, playfully in a window display And I am climbing in to say It's a cryin' shame that you don't even know my name And I swear sometimes it smarts to feel you breathing down, breathing down Yes it's a cryin' shame that you don't even know my name An'd I swear sometimes it smarts to feel you breathing down my heart But I can't get in, how to begin when you're so far From reality and me, from reality and me From reality, reality, reality and me
5.
Filling Station Falling down once again Another bruise another reason not to touch the skin On your face in a crowd Crying inside to keep from crying loud Welcome to the filling station Drop the halo, you can't bale us out Welcome to the filling station It's where we like to drown Double back, second guess All apology and impulse in a growing mess Part of you in reserve Weighing every move, judging every nerve Welcome to the filling station Drop the halo, you can't bale us out Welcome to the filling station It's where we like to drown My head is a room and I gaze from the windows of this place With a love and a longing for the lives of others who have grace And a strength in their face Falling from where I've been Every time I get some altitude my wings begin to spin Hiding place, climbing in I only wish that I could stay here Welcome to the filling station Drop the halo, you can't bale us out Welcome to the filling station It's where I like to drown Welcome to the filling station Drop the halo, you can't bale us out Welcome to the filling station It's where we like to drown

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Debut album from LA-based indiepunk quartet The Happy Problem with songs featured on CW, ABC, MTV and more.

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released April 24, 2009

All songs written by Samantha Shaber. Produced by Ethan Allen. Vocals & Guitars - Sam Shaber; Lead Guitar - Clint Black; Bass - Dan Lavery; Drums - Eric Gardner.

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The Happy Problem Los Angeles, California

Described by Time Out NY as “a happy go lucky Hole,” The Happy Problem's exuberantly angsty frontwoman Samantha Shaber sings of youth, age, love & death on their self-produced third album, Birth. Shaber founded The Happy Problem after logging over 200,000 miles touring as a solo artist. Their songs are frequently featured on hit series including Sleepy Hollow and Keeping up with the Kardashians. ... more

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