I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

Album: Mercury Falling (1996)
Charted: 54 94
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  • Seven weeks have passed now since she left me
    And she shows her face to ask me how I am
    She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
    Maybe I could come and babysit sometime

    She says "Are you ok? I was worried about you
    Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy"
    I said "I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
    I'm so happy, I'm laughing through my tears"

    I saw a friend of mine he said "I was worried about you
    I heard she had another man I wondered how you felt about it"
    I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
    I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears

    Saw my lawyer, Mr Good News
    He got me joint custody and legal separation
    So I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
    I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears

    I took a walk along last night
    I looked up at the stars
    To try and find an answer in my life
    I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him
    I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
    Something made me smile, something seemed to ease the pain
    Something 'bout the universe and how it's all connected

    The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice cream
    We try to do the best within the given time
    A kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that
    What can a father do but babysit sometimes

    I saw that friend of mine, he said "you look different somehow"
    I said "everybody's got to leave the darkness sometimes"
    I said, "I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
    I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears"

    "I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
    I'm laughing through my tears" Writer/s: GORDON SUMNER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Gee from Viennait's interesting that the lyrics leave the darkness, but the song gets a strange, dark note towards the end. i've always loved that song and it is one of those that finally can bring back the sun.
  • Fred from Cleveland OhWell the guy gets totally screwed over by a checheating wife who takes his family from him in the end he is okay with that what a wimp
  • Lefty_2ndbaseman from Chicago, IlLyle Lovett accompanied Sting on this song during Sting's "Mercury Falling" tour.
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