Maimed Happiness Lyrics - New York Dolls

It's a maimed happiness 

I keep trying to acquiesce 

It's like a tempestuous child 

You play with and humor to keep 

Quiet as you possibly can 

'Til finally it goes to sleep 

Life takes a lot of finesse 

It's a maimed happiness 

Keep myself to every way 

Both refined and uncouth 

Then maybe once in a while 

I can be with the truth 

Don't know if there's that much to be said 

For this world or the time that we spend 

I doubt that I'd wanna live 

This wasted life over again 

Yeah, I been to the doctor 

He said there ain't much he could do 

"You got the human condition 

Boy, I feel sorry for you" 

There's a sorrowful joy 

I've known since I was a boy 

Joyful sorrow I guess 

It's a maimed happiness