It's been a sad year We must lay to rest Howard Greer No one knows that he's dead He seems alive and well and even Howard cannot tell Something's gone from his head When Howard was young, he saw that later in life A house and a car and a pretty wife would make him happy, happy, happy Oh so happy 'Cause you know that life is a ball when you know that it's all guaranteed To make you happy Times along the way He wasn't quite sure His little paper world would keep him secure But doubts no longer fill his mind because he's happy Howard thinks he's happy