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Hazen Nester - Wide​-​Eyed Happy

from The Song Fu Collection by Hazen Nester/His Name Is Legs

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Despite having never written a song in his life, Hazen Nester entered Masters of Song Fu #3. With high spirits and low expectations, he was able to complete the first three rounds before being eliminated.

For Round 1, the challenge was simple: Write a happy song. The song that was spawned from this premise revolves around a guy who's so hopped up on anti-depressants that he can't help but feel happy. And, given his past, he needs them.

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Ain't no gray clouds above me
Got no worries to bug me
'Cause there's nothing out there to stop me
From feeling this great feeling that I have
And there's no way I can be sad
In spite of the demons that well up inside of my soul
And threaten to swallow my sanity whole

'Cause I'm wide-eyed happy, yes I am
And you can be wide-eyed happy if you follow my plan
You gotta grab a new smile and then put it on your face
Start popping Xanax 'till your heart starts to race
Then you won't feel a thing from that dark evil place
Deep inside
And pretty soon you'll see you'll be happy like me.

I'm feeling so elated
My pupils are dialated
You can't feel down when you're medicated
There is no way I feel I can lose
In spite of twenty years of sexual abuse
At the hands of my Dad and my mom and their dog and their cat
Their neighbors and friends but despite all of that

I am wide-eyed happy, yes I am
And you can be wide-eyed happy if you follow my plan
You gotta grab a new smile and then put it on your face
Start popping Paxil 'till your heart starts to race
Then you won't feel a thing from that dark evil place
Deep inside
And pretty soon you'll see you'll be happy like me.

You know there isn't anything that you can't do
If you just put your mind to it
Whenever you're feeling all down and blue
You gotta start repressing some memories
So sing a song when you get right to it

Don't you know I'm wide-eyed happy, yes I am
And you can be wide-eyed happy if you follow my plan
You gotta slam every beer that you have in your place
Pop a million Prozac 'till your heart starts to race
Then you won't feel a thing from that dark evil place
Deep inside
And pretty soon you'll see you'll be happy like me.

And if you can't start to feel the laughter
Or find the end of the pain you are after
You can smile with the knowledge that pain
Won't be in the hereafter

credits

from The Song Fu Collection, track released February 11, 2009
Words and Music by Hazen Nester

Guitars, drums, and vocals by Hazen Nester
Bass guitar by Cameron Accola

Produced and mixed by Hazen Nester

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Quiet Desperation Michigan

Quiet Desperation is the name of what on-again-off-again musician Hazen Nester releases his original, non-songwriting-competition, music under along with his friend and collaborator Cameron Accola.

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