SHERYL CROW - IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY

IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY

SHERYL CROW

SONGWRITERS: Jeff Trott & Sheryl Crow

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: SHERYL CROW

LABEL: A & M RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1996

"If It Makes You Happy" is the lead single from Sheryl Crow's 1996 eponymous album. The song peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. The track won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards. The song ties with her hit, "My Favorite Mistake", as her third highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at No. 1 in Canada and was her second No. 1 hit on the Canadian Hot AC chart.

In the 2009 VH1 Divas show, Crow and Miley Cyrus performed this song together.

Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, folk, country and blues. She has released eight studio albums, two compilations, a live album and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. She has sold more than 17 million albums in the U.S. and over 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy Awards (out of 32 nominations) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

I've been long, a long way from here

Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,

And drank til I was thirsty again

We went searching through thrift store jungles

Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo

And Benny Goodman's corset and fan

Well, o.k. I made this up

I promised you I'd never give up

If it makes you happy

It can't be that bad

If it makes you happy

Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down

You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train

Well who hasn't been there before?

I come round, around the hard way

Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread

And serve you french toast again

Well, o.k. I still get stoned

I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

If it makes you happy

It can't be that bad

If it makes you happy

Then why the hell are you so sad

We've been far, far away from here

Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos

And everywhere in between

Well, o.k. We get along

So what if right now everything's wrong?

If it makes you happy

It can't be that bad

If it makes you happy

Then why the hell are you so sad