Happy talk,
Keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You gotta have a dream;
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about a moon
Floatin’ in de sky,
Lookin’ like a lily on a lake;
Talk about a bird
Learnin’ how to fly,
Makin’ all de music he can make.

Talk about a star
Lookin’ like a toy,
Peekin’ t’rough de branches of a tree;
Talk about a girl,
Talk about a boy,
Countin’ all de ripples on de sea

Talk about a boy
Sayin’ to a girl:
“Golly, baby! I’m a lucky cuss!”
Talk about de girl
Sayin’ to de boy:
“You an’ me is lucky to be us!”

Happy talk,
Keep talkin’ happy talk,
Talk about things you’d like to do.
You gotta have a dream;
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

If you don’t talk happy
An’ you never have a dream,
Den you’ll never have a dream come true.