Hello, boys and girls   Hello, posterity   If you can hear my voice   You must still be free   Here's a lonely song   Written for your sake   Here is some advice   You may or may not take      There's no crystal ball   To show you the days   There's no hanging lamp   To light your way   There's no hidden trail   To navigate this land   There is no one here   To hold your hand      There is one thing that I would like to know   Please tell me      Are you happy today?   Tell me honestly   Is the place where you stand   Where you wanna be?   If you're shaking your head   You are wasting your time   You are much too young   To be resigned      You will not be shown   Where true love resides   You'll be deep in debt   Before you claim that prize   Put faith in yourself   Before you look above   Spend more time than money   On everyone you love      And I'm telling you this now because I know   How this life goes      Are you happy today?   Tell me honestly   Is the place where you stand   Where you wanna be?   If you're shaking your head   You are wasting your time   You are much too young   To be resigned      And when you're thinking that your life's a mess   'Bout all the things that you don't possess   Just be glad your heart is beating   And one question there's repeating:      Are you happy today?   Tell me honestly   Is the place where you stand   Where you wanna be?   If you're shaking your head   You are wasting your time   You are much too young   To be resigned      Don't be resigned   Don't be resigned   Don't be resigned   Don't be resigned