Happy
Chapter One, Christmas with my sister
A month ahead of Christmas Mr. Waldo
decoraded all the shopping windows
of his warehouse across the street to our home
fairy lights shone and across the hall my
sister baked a cake in the small kitchen
in the toy house with the plastic roof
and I was so
and I was so
ooh
I was so
Happy
Chapter Two, School Days
In my polyester track suit I ran
all the way from school back home
past the grey war memorial then left
and up the stairs to my room
close the door close the door
and up the stairs to my room
close the door close the door
Chapter Three, Mama and Papa
I had stich and Mama rubbed my belly
we were sitting on that marble sill when
slowly slowly all the warmth came back
Through the open lid my Daddy reached for the
thick strings at the low end of the white piano
and a soundwave went right through me
and I felt
and I felt
ooh
I felt
happy
Chapter Three, the Ghosts
(whispering)
as the fever rose the tiny ghosts
leapt out of the framed picture
hovering across my room and 'round
my bed like fairies do
and they waved me goodbye
fairies came
and they waved me goodbye
fairies came
and they waved me goodbye
fairies came
and they waved me goodbye
fairies came
and they waved me goodbye
fairies came
and they waved me goodbye