Happy Happy Happy

(album: Happiness Not Included - 2022)

1999, A.D
More than a generation away, and yet dreams travel faster than light
And even now, scientists and planners are shaping the lives of our children who will live in the twenty-first century

I remember a past
That told us of a future
Rocket ships and flying cars
Other people lived on Mars
Boys and girls all looked the same
In PVC like leather
Auto controls to clean the house
And even change the weather

Pills replaced the sex act
We all felt so much better
Hover cars and monorails
Electricity that never fails
Sterilised and neutralised
Living in our bubble
Robot cops with laser guns
To dispel any trouble

Happy happy happy
Never ever crying
We never had a problem
With state assisted dying
Hand in hand and bland in bland
No killing or demeaning
A better life with little strife
And very little meaning

I love your shiny uniform
Moulded round your uni-breast
Alan Jones for mobile homes
And unisex for dress
Take a trip round Venus
Eat by intravenous
Saturn was the answer
For every space romancer

Where did all our hopes go?
All our naive dreams go?
Were they just science fiction stories?
We'll never really know
They tried to teach the world to sing
We only war and famine bring
So kill them with our laser beams
Turn them into Soylent green

Happy happy happy
Never ever crying
We never had a problem
With state assisted dying
Bland in bland and hand in hand
No killing or demeaning
A better life with little strife
And very little meaning

Science-fiction stories
Told us of our future
Science-fiction stories
Told us of our future
Science-fiction stories
Told us of our future
Science-fiction stories
Told us of our future

And even now, scientists and planners are shaping the lives of our children who will live in the twenty-first century...