happy later

I really hate it when I wake up late
Break down crying on the interstate
I'm sick of reading articles that say it's just a phase (it's just a phase)
I hate not knowing how my rent gets paid
Living every moment day by day
I'm hanging by a thread that never to seems go away (go away)

All my friends are going out and I'm stuck in my brain
Just waiting for the change

I know that I'll be happy later
That's what they always said
Go work yourself to death, it's safer
Even if it makes you sad
They promised I'd be happy later
Built it in a lesson plan
My life looks pretty good on paper
Happy later

Happy later
Happy later

I feel like I would make it through
If this were 1962
There weren't a lot of choices, all the noises
In my head, so unimportant
Compared to what it's like right now
They run the show and run me down (and run me down)
It looks like everybody else has got it figured out (yeah)

All my friends are growing up and I've got growing pains
Does that make me insane?

I know that I'll be happy later
That's what they always said
Go work yourself to death, it's safer
Even if it makes you sad
They promised I'd be happy later
Built it in a lesson plan
My life looks pretty good on paper

Happy later

Wish I was happy now
Should I be happy now?
Can I be happy now? (Happy later)
Wish I was happy now
Should I be happy now
Can I be happy now? (Happy later)

I know that I'll be happy later
That's what they always said
Go work yourself to death, it's safer
Happy later