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But You're Happy Right?

from Homeless Bear by Jenny Hickinbotham’s Band

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Performed live at Make It Up Club

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I live in a caravan

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’ve got three dogs, I’ve got
Capacity to feed myself and sleep safely

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’ve got a small job, 8 hours a week
Pays for little things, car service, dogs health

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’ve got connections, at the pub
People who nod, people who say hi

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’ve got my studies, PhD leading
Into third year, a finish to my endeavours

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

My family’s estranged, apart from my mother
My mother’s 95, developing dementia

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

But she’s better than the rest in her village
She tells me, hugging her dog

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’m learning estrangement from the mother
She never was the mother I wanted

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I drink a bit, cider and wine
That sets me free from my anxieties

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I walk my dogs on the beach
I love the salty wind, the blue and the sand in my toes

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I’ve got a friend, but she doesn’t drink
Won’t go to the pub with me

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I visit her at her tiny house
And our dogs play while she works in the garden

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

I used to have a vege garden, with ducks
And chickens and bees

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

Got nothing now, just a caravan
Three beautiful dogs and the breeze

Got nothing now, but my PhD which will set me free
To a future unknown, untried and unthought

But you’re Happy Right?
Got everything you Need?

But isn’t that life?

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from Homeless Bear, released January 5, 2024
Written by Jenny Hickinbotham

Music performed live by Jenny Hickinbotham, Dale Gorfinkle, Roslyn Orlando & Darlene

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