I JUST CAN’T BE HAPPY

(M. Alchin – 1980 - © Reasonable Songs)

I don’t think you know how much it takes to move me

I don’t think you know how much it takes to care

Even though you try so hard to reassure me

Half the time I know that you’re not even there

I don’t think you know how much it takes to move me

Even if you did I wouldn’t want to know

If you think you’ll win by trying to deceive me

I have only one thing left to say to you

I just can’t be happy no matter what I do

I don’t know what I’ve done but I know it wasn’t you

I just can’t be happy and even when I try

I just back away before they ask me why

I’ll always remember what you said to me then

I’ll always remember how you made me cry

Now I know that time has done too much to you and

Made it seem so wrong I’ve known it all along

I just can’t be happy no matter what I do

I don’t know what I’ve done but I know it wasn’t you

I just can’t be happy and even when I try

I just back away before they ask me why

I don’t think you know how much it takes to move me

I don’t think you know how much it takes to care

Even though you try so hard to reassure me

Half the time I know that you’re not even there