Esta canción compuesta en 1949 y parte del musical South Pacific, fue versionada por Captain Sensible en 1982. Raymon Burns, el verdadero nombre de Captain Sensible, abandonó el grupo punk-rock del que era uno de los fundadores The Damned en 1980. Esta canción fue su éxito en solitario más sonado. Tras una década dedicado a sus proyectos individuales, en los que, ataviado con su mítica boina roja, mostraba un estilo mucho más pop y festivo, Captain Sensible volvía a The Damned en 1996.
La canción, que es cantada por Bloody Mary al teniente Joe Cable que se enamora de su hija, trata de los secretos para llevar una vida feliz: tener sueños, para que puedan hacerse realidad, hablar de las cosas sencillas y bellas, por ejemplo, están entre esas claves.
Sencilla y pegadiza, es un tema para hacer del día una travesía más amable.
Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the moon floatin' in the sky
Lookin' at a lily on the lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly.
Makin' all the music he can make.
Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the sparrow lookin' like a toy
Pickin' through the broaches of a tree;
Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.
Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the boy sayin' to the girl:
"Golly, baby, I'm a lucky cause."
Talk about the girl sayin' to the boy:
"You an' me is lucky to be us!"
Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
If you don't talk happy,
And you never have dream,
Then you'll never have a dream come true!