Happily Ever After
Stephen Sondheim

Someone to hold you too close

Someone to hurt you too deep

Someone to love you too hard

Happily ever after


Someone to need you too much

Someone to read you too well

Someone to bleed you of all

The things you don't want to tell

That's happily ever after,

Ever, ever, ever after

In hell


Somebody always there

Sitting in the chair

Where you want to sit

Always, always

Somebody always there

Wanting you to share

Just a little bit

Always, always


Then see the pretty girls

Smiling everywhere

From the ads and the TV sets

And why should you sweat?

What do you get?

One day of grateful,

For six of regret!


With

Someone to hold you too close

Someone to hurt you too deep

Someone to bore you to death

Happily ever after


Someone you have to know well

Someone you have to show how

Someone you have to allow

The things you'd never allow

That's happily ever after,

Ever, ever, ever after


'Til now


So quick!

Get a little car, take a little drive

Make a little love, see a little flick

Do a little work, take a little walk

Watch a little TV

And click!

Make a little love, do a little work

Get a little drunk,

You've got one little trip, seventy years

Spread it around!

Take your pick!

Buy a little here, spend a little there

Smoke a little pot for a little kick

Waste a little time, make a little love

Show a little feeling


But why should you try?

Why not, sure, feel a little lonely?

But fly! Why not fly!


With

No one to hold you too close

No one to hurt you too deep

No one to love you too hard

Happily ever after


No one you have to know well

No one you have to show how

No one you have to allow

The things you'd never allow

That's happily ever after

Ever, ever, ever after

For now


Ever, ever, ever after

Ever, ever, ever, ever after

Ever, ever, ever after


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