i think i have joy in me
but i can't say that I'm sure
not sure of much today
apart from bring in this world
i'd love to reach out and touch
and firmly grasp your hand
but my grounded indecision
makes it pretty hard to tell
everybody's free and smiling
jumping on the ground
i fumble, lose my stand
staring long hard down
i think there's happiness in me
or i'd like to think it's true
i'd like to think my night's of crying
weren't because of her
i'd like to think i stand so firm
balanced above the earth
that years of childhood promise
aren't masked by dirt
everybody's free and smiling
jumping on the ground
i fumble, lose my stand
staring long hard down
i never seem to do it how i mean to do
or say it how i mean to say
i guess that makes me who i am
or at least it gets me through my day
i think i have joy in me
but i can't say that I'm sure
not sure if i sing about me
or 'bout him singing 'bout her
i'd like to think it turned out well
then think it came from force
well, truth's a moment anyway
with mine as much as most
everybody's free and smiling
jumping on the ground
i fumble, lose my stand
staring long hard down
i never seem to do it how i mean to do
or say it how i mean to say
i guess that makes me who i am
or at least it gets me through my day
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