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Humpe & Humpe – Happiness Is Hard to Take (1985) | Track profile | Dork

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Happiness Is Hard to Take

Release date: 1985

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"Happiness Is Hard to Take" is a track by Humpe & Humpe, from the album Humpe Humpe, released 1985. Full lyrics are available below.

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Happiness Is Hard to Take

[Verse 1]

You're in love with pain

Why not in love with me?

Locked into your brain

Come share your pain with me

[Verse 2]

All I love is you

But you're in love with pain

How can I get through

When I might go insane?

[Chorus]

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

It could be danger, dangerous

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

[Verse 3]

Don't refuse to try

Pain is just a hole

Fill it up with me

Look into your soul

I love what I see

[Chorus]

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

It could be danger, dangerous

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

[Interlude]

[Chorus]

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

It could be danger, dangerous

Happiness is hard to take

How could we awake one morning without pain?

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