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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kevin Ayers
Guitar
Robert Wyatt
Drums
Mike Ratledge
Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kevin Ayers
Songwriter
Mike Ratledge
Songwriter
Hugh Hopper
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bryan Chandler
Producer
Tom Wilson
Producer
Lyrics
(I, I can tell) I can tell
I can tell by the ring of a bell (By the ring of a bell)
A chime that is clear and true
But if it's cracked (A chime that is clear and...)
The sound is flat (A chime that is— a chime— a chime that is—)
(A chime that is clear— a chime— a chime that is clear—)
Like my happiness that's untrue
(A chime that is clear— a chime that is clear and true)
(True, true, true, true)
(A chime that is clear and true— a chime that is clear and true—)
(True, true, true, true)
(But if it's cracked the sound is flat like)
Out of the East, the sun flew west (Happiness that's become)
Trailing (Has become untrue just like you— just like you)
Trailing its golden spray (And you— and you— just like you)
My heart burns, when fortune— (Just like you, like you)
Days go by, I watch the sky
My eyes forever quest
The sun returns, though my hope yearns
Forever things point the rest, rest
Sun heart burns, moon glow turns, stars will trade
Hope for happiness, hope for happiness
Hope for happiness, happiness, happiness
Flowers grow wild, just for the child
Sniff this sprinkling bloom
When you grow up, hope colours up
The things that cause us gloom
Tell can you now how fun is made?
It's how happiness is really found
Look for advice, be told more than twice
By people all around
Sun heart burns, moon glow turns, stars will trade
Hope for happiness, hope for happiness
Hope for happiness, happiness, happiness
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Hope for happiness, hope for happiness
Hope for happiness, happiness, happiness
Hope for happiness, hope for happiness
Hope for happiness, happiness, happiness
Written by: Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge