If I could build happiness
I would make tons of it for you
I would make towers of it for you
I would make skyscrapers of it
If I could build
Happiness

I wouldn't put guardrails
I would put scarecrows
If I could destroy
Misery

If I could build
Happiness
I would make big holes
And I would put all the misery in them

With big lids
Forbidden to open it
Even for all the gold in the world
If I could destroy
Misery

But happiness is not built in concrete
No, happiness, we don't get it by wear and tear
Happiness, it's a bit like pure air
You have to have a nose, and the courage to climb
And to love up there, at the top
Do all the work yourself
Oh all the work, all the work
All the work, all the work

If I could build happiness
I would make tons of it for you
I would make kilos of it for you
I would make tons of it for you
I would make towers of it for you
I would make skyscrapers of it for you
I would make mountains of it for you
No, I wouldn't be ashamed of anything
No, I wouldn't be ashamed of anything

But happiness is not built in concrete
It's not built at all
We don't get it by wear and tear
It's a bit like pure air
You have to have a nose, and the courage to climb
And to love up there, at the top
To do it yourself, and the skyscraper
And the lightning rod
Do it yourself

All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work
All the work

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