Happy Once

(album: All I've Ever Known - 2023)

I pass it in the hallway
I stop and reminisce
Most times I keep on walking
Can't believe we ended up like this

I wonder where you are (and)
How the hell we got so far
From those two kids, that first kiss
Leaning up against a chain link fence

It's probably time to take it down
Don't need it reminding me now

That I was happy once
Wish that pictured just stop doing what it always does
Wish that song wouldn't come on
When my hearts already halfway gone
Halfway Down this leaving road I'm on
Yeah we were happy once
Who we were ain't who we are
We had a real good run
But that don't mean I need to be staying up all night, making myself think twice
Just cuz I was happy once

It was fun until it wasn't
Blink and you're twenty-something
Laying next to someone you don't recognize

And the bills are piling up and
He hasn't kissed you in a month but
Every now and then it's love
And that's what tears me up, 'cause I was...

Happy once
Wish that pictured just stop doing what it always does
Wish that song wouldn't come on
When my hearts already halfway gone
Halfway Down this leaving road I'm on
Yeah we were happy once
Who we were ain't who we are
We had a real good run
But that don't mean I need to be staying up all night, making myself think twice
Just cuz I was happy once

It's clear to me it's over
But that girl at 21
She's always gonna love you cuz

You made her happy once
Happy once

Yeah I was happy once
Wish that pictured just stop doing what it always does
Wish that song wouldn't come on
When my hearts already halfway gone
Halfway Down this leaving road I'm on
Yeah we were happy once
Who we were ain't who we are
We had a real good run
But that don't mean I need to be staying up all night, making myself think twice
Just cuz I was happy once