HAPPY TIMES (ARE HERE TO STAY)
(Gerry Goffin / Carole King / Cynthia Weil)

as recorded by Tony Orlando
1961


You've been hurt,
I can see that you've been cryin'!
Urh, you've been hurt,
But your tears can start dryin'!
Now you've, you've got a man
Who's gonna get you smilin' every day!
Baby, happy times are here to stay!

Just forget
All the loneliness you've gone through,
Ah, don't you fret,
Now I'm yours to hold on to!
Yeah you, you got a man
Who's gonna kiss that loneliness away!
Baby, happy times are here to stay!

I'm gonna do
All the things that he forgot to do,
The sentimental things,
The sweet and gentle things.
Oh, and I'm gonna make every happy dream come true for you;
Better stop your grievin' now
And start believin' now!

Don't you know I'll bring you happiness?
Every heartache's in the past now!
Urh, you've been blessed
With a a love that will last now,
'Cause you, you got a man
Who's a-living just to hear his baby say
That her happy times are here to stay!
Ooh-ooh, happy times are here to stay,
Yeah yeah, happy times are here to stay...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2018)