Story Behind The Song

I read an interview with Buddy Guy years ago in which he said that the blues isn't always a sad thing, but rather its an expression of where you are at any one time in your life be it happy or sad.

Song Description

This guy has come from a life of pain and sorrow to a life of victory and he has got the happy life blues.

Lyrics

I got a chia pet on my windowsill.
A cat named Joe and a dog named Bill.
Money in da bank yea I'm doin' alright.
With my down home strut man I'm out a sight!
The blister on my hand, the mud on my shoe.
The paper on my porch with yesterdays news. Just like yesterdays news.
Now I'm livin' the life, livin' the happy life blues.

A contradiction it seems is to think of the blues, as a life without worry where there's nothing to lose.
There's superstition and that black cat moan.
The man of sorrows livin' down and low.
You see these things for me don't exist.
One by one I've marked them off of my list.
Livin' the good life, livin' the happy life blues.
Livin' the good life, livin' the happy life blues.

I've seen hard times, I know them well.
Where livin' is dyin' and heaven is hell.
That was then, this is now, I'm raised up from the grave and I'm standing proud.
These happy blues I'm talkin' 'bout, are the reason I'm smilin' in the city of doubt.
Now I'm livin' the good life, livin' the happy life blues.
Livin' the good life, livin' the happy life blues.
The happy life blues.