Joy is over there in her incredible clothes   She has silver silk shimmering down to her toes   I was doing the best that I can, I suppose   But that little girl dancer eventually grows, she grows      You can't imagine all the times that I tried   To uncover the source of the tears that you cried   Let's throw it away and just go for a ride   And you'd say okay but you'd keep it inside   And I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried      We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom   We want you to be happy, come step outside your room   We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too      I never thought I could have it so good   You were the song that my soul understood   That time is a river that flows through the woods   And it led us to places we both understood   Would be gone before too long, would be gone before too long      When we were young we thought life was a game   But then somebody leaves you and you're never the same   All of the places and people belong to the puzzle   But one of the pieces is gone and it's you   It's you, it's you, Joy, it's you      We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom   We want you to be happy, come step outside your room   We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too      In time we'll weather this storm inside together   You'll see the change when the sun shines through      We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom   We want you to be happy, come step outside your room   We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too      This is your song too, this is your song too   This is your song too, this is your song too   This is your song too