Sad Song With a Happy Soul, A - (And They Said It Wouldn't Last, CD 8 - 1970)

Sing a sad song with a happy soul
Got to keep the situation under control
The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face

All day long you work real hard
Your job ain't much, I know, but still it's a job
Climbing up the ladder trying to be a better man
When the next guy up ahead goes and stomps on your hand

Sing a sad song with a happy soul
Got to keep the situation under control

The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face

Don't you yell on your woman
Don't you beat on your kids
Even when you're down and pulling the skids
Things'll get better yeah and then they're gonna get much worse
For everybody knows the chorus follows the verse

So sing a sad song with a happy soul
You got to keep the situation under control
The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face

You just keep on a-trying but you can't catch a break
Sometimes it seems the whole world is all on the take
The only thing that keeps us all from a-tumbling down
Is the circle though unbroken keeps on spinning around

So sing a sad song with a happy soul
Got to keep the situation under control
The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face

Oh keep that smile on your face
Got to keep the situation under control
The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face

The way a man gets treated is a shame and disgrace
It's a sad song but keep a smile on your face