Simple Things - Minnie Riperton

If Simon says, «Be glad today»

I surely do what Simon say

And if you’d like to see me smile

Then you’re in luck, 'cause that’s my style

My pretty bird up in the tree

I hear the song you sing for me

The sky’s fantastic, blue or grey

And here we are, alive today

Hey, hey, hey

Hey!

The simple things, the lovely simple things

The sunset and the dawn, oh

The simple things, the lovely simple things

I could go on, and on, and on

For the simple pleasures are worth more than treasures

That your paper money ever bring

This song is old, this song is new

This song is me, this song is you

I like to play out in the rain

I like the sun to shine again

And again and again

Each day, so many things to see

And I’m so glad that I am me

And you, my friends, are pretty too

And I’m so glad that you are you

You are you, you are you

Ow!

The simple things, the lovely simple things

The sunset and the dawn, oh

The simple things, the lovely simple things

I could go on, and on, and on

For the simple pleasures are worth more than treasures

That your paper money ever bring

Ah, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, hoo-ooh-hoo