Happiness Runs

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Happiness runs, happiness runs Happiness runs, happiness runs Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea Everybody is a part of everything anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be Happiness runs, happiness runs Happiness runs, happiness runs Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea Everybody is a part of everything anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea Everybody is a part of everything anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be You can have everything if you let yourself be This peppy little song was written by Donovan Leitch I got to open for him once, well, twice Two shows on a Saturday night at the Bottom Line In West 4th Street in Greenwich Village Way back in the mid-1980s, you know, last century The night before, I did two shows of my own At Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts And the next day, Saturday I flew on a shuttle from Boston to New York By coincidence, Donovan was on the same plane Now, in real life, I am shy So it took about half the flight to get my courage up to the point Where I felt bold enough to introduce myself I made my way up to his seat, stuck out my hand and said "Excuse me, are you Donovan?" He took my hand, smiled, and said "Yes, I am!" So I said, "Hi, I'm your opening act tonight" He looked confused "You're my opening act? What are you doing up here?" Now, to this day, I don't know why I said what I said But it went something like this "Oh, it's a Bottom Line tradition When you are opening for one of your musical heroes That you find out what city he is in the night before You go to that city Then the day of the concert you go to the airport to see what flight he buys a ticket for And you buy a ticket for the same flight Wait until you are exactly midway between the two cities Then introduce yourself and shake his hand Just to make sure his concert goes really well that night" Donovan's eyes grew wider and wider as I spoke "You've got to be kidding!", he said to me "Yes, I am", I whispered "But you are going to put on a phenomenal show tonight" And he did, twice Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea Everybody is a part of everything anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be You can have everything if you let yourself be Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea Everybody is a part of everything anyway You can have everything if you let yourself be