Happiness

from Silver Lining by The Honey Dewdrops

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

The Honey Dewdrops - Happiness

What do I know?
About the shape I’m in
All I know is what I don’t
Want to do again

And what I don’t know
Could fill a book
That goes on and on
Down roads I never took

To what is good
And fine and true
What I could never
Ever hold on to

And happiness ain’t happiness
It’s a compromise
More or less
I’m more at peace being reckless
And happiness has got nothing
to do with happiness

What am I?
The passing kind
A change in the weather
Could change my mind

Holding on
Is hard I know
It’s so much harder
Than letting go

Of what is good
And fine and true
All them things I could
Never hold on to

And happiness ain’t happiness
It’s a compromise
More or less
I’m more at peace being reckless
And happiness has got nothing
to do with happiness

What I want
I could never face
I could never get close
To hope or love or grace

To hell with the good
And fine and true
All them things
I could never ever get close to

And happiness ain’t happiness
It’s a compromise
More or less
I’m more at peace being reckless
And happiness has got nothing
to do with happiness

credits

from Silver Lining, released June 1, 2012

license

about

The Honey Dewdrops Baltimore, Maryland

Virginia born, Maryland based singer/songwriters Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish make up the duo The Honey Dewdrops. They will release their seventh album, Light Behind Light, on April 15, 2022.

contact / help

Contact The Honey Dewdrops

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Honey Dewdrops, you may also like:

All The Good Times
by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

supported by 8 fans who also own “Happiness”

Has anyone else noticed that the last few seconds of Abandoned Love are scrambled??? Even when you play it on Bandcamp, it's messed up. Great album, but needs fixed! Justa Lint
go to album
A Wanderer I'll Stay
by Pharis & Jason Romero

supported by 7 fans who also own “Happiness”

The musicianship--it is ALIVE, PULSING and joyous, sometimes quietly, sometimes raucously, always with their hearts in it. Among all the gems, Old Paint's banjo is one of the most beautiful arrangements ever, and that Cocaine Blues really swings--great fiddling, Josh! lenapple
go to album
Lost in the Valley
by Caitlin Canty

supported by 7 fans who also own “Happiness”
go to album
House and Land
by House and Land

House and Land offer a stirring take on classic Appalachian folk; this is delicate, heartfelt balladry. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 22, 2017
go to album
Old Habits
by Kat Wallace and David Sasso

This New Haven duo write bright and emotionally resonant folk music where sweeping strings elevate gorgeous melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 23, 2021
go to album
Sam Amidon
by Sam Amidon

featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 6, 2020
go to album
Long Gone Out West Blues
by Pharis & Jason Romero

supported by 7 fans who also own “Happiness”

Another great collection from Pharis and Jason. Mike Laverty
go to album