Well, I´ve been pacin´ this room for forty hours
Crawlin´ up the wall and tryin´ not to call
And I saw you walking in a supermarket aisle
I didn´t say a word ´cause you had the biggest smile

And I´ve been thinkin´ of you in the morning times
You woke me up so soft that I forgot the world ain´t kind
I pull you in and you kissed me through a grin
And you say you missed me when you were busy sleepin´

But what if I´d said happy instead
Is the way that I reckon it should be
And if you called you´d say that you´re okay
And I´d be wishin´ I was there
´Cause you´re happy instead
Happy instead

And I´ve been dreamin´ of the life we would have had

Happy at times but mostly just mad
Maybe it´d worked out, maybe it´d be fine
But every day your smile ain´t showin´, seems a waste of time

So what if I´d said happy instead
Is the way that I reckon it should be
And if you called you´d say that you´re okay
And I´d be wishin´ I was there
´Cause you´re happy instead
Happy instead

It´s been ten years, I hadn´t called you once
When you called last night and my child up and jumped
He asked who you were and you did the same
Handed me the phone and I couldn´t recall your name

What if I´d said happy instead
Is the way that I reckon I should be
And if you called you´d hear that I was okay
And you´d be wishin´ you was there
´Cause I´m happy instead
Happy instead
Oh, I´m happy instead
Happy instead

What if I´d said happy instead
Is the way that I reckon I should be
And if you called you´d hear that I´m okay
And you´d be wishin´ you was dead
´Cause I´m happy instead