I was a Southern child
Ma, I apologise for all of my willfulness
Mistakes, mine were masterful. Disasters are every day
The ... is follwed like the plague

So, I'll take a photograph for you -
Mama, I'm happy to
All of our bad times be forgotten
I'll take a photograph you'll see our happiest memory
'Cause I've got your smile, it's all I need to be happy
Oh, I wanna be happy. Ooh, I gotta be happy
Oh, oh, yeah, I do

So what of my loneliness, and all this unhappiness
When I've got a million friends to call upon everyday?
Don't matter, they'd never say, "It's too much, too late"
I know I'll be fine

I'll take a photograph for you -
Mama, I'm happy to
All of our bad times be forgotten
I'll take a photograph you'll see our happiest memory
'Cause I've got your smile, it's all I need to be

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I'll take a photograph for you -
Mama, I'm happy to
All of our bad times be forgotten
I'll take a photograph you'll see our happiest memory
'Cause I've got your smile, it's all I need to be happy
Oh, I wanna be happy. Ooh, I gotta be happy
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I do now, oh I do now, hey, hey, hey

I'm gonna be happy, I will be happy
I'm gonna be happy, I will be happy