You can be happy, and I can be happy

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You can be happy, and I can be happy

Author: Anonymous
Tune: [God loves you, and I love you]
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

Refrain:
God loves you, and I love you,
and that's the way it should be.
God loves you, and I love you,
and that's the way it should be.

1 You can be happy, and I can be happy,
and that's the way it should be.
You can be happy, and I can be happy,
and that's the way it should be. [Refrain]

2 You can be very sad, I can be very sad:
that's not the way it should be.
You can be very sad, I can be very sad:
that's not the way it should be, 'cos [Refrain]

3 We can love others like sisters and brothers;
and that's the way it should be.
We can love others like sisters and brothers;
and that's the way it should be. [Refrain]

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #87

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Author: Anonymous

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