Happy to Say I Do

Written: 1974

Writers: David Jenneson, Alan Hovden,

Status: Recorded and published but never released.

Genre and Style: Pure Pop

Comments: Dave: Happy To Say I Do was a commercial pop rocker with a four-in-the-floor bass line that give it a disco sound, although disco was still a decade away. Her voice had a uniquely marketable quality. It was powerful enough to knock over a truck yet still retained a girlish quality – a teenaged Connie Francis on steroids. After Stoney Productions blew the release of Play It For Your Friends they abandoned Happy to Say I Do, which, ironically, was the better song.

Comments: Al: First song we recorded in a “real” studio and almost impossible to mix on an 8 channel board!

Happy To Say I Do 

       Vocals - Valerie Lord

Time and time and time and time again he

Tries to find if I depend on

Every time he moves

Sometimes he’s so resigned you’ll find that

Men are so behind the times

They end up missing all the news

I wish he knew

I’m happy to say that I do

I love him too

And if he knew

My wishes finally would come true

I’m happy to say

Happy to say I do.

Sometimes I see a sign he’s changed his mind

And finally found the kind of friend

He’s never gonna loose

And when his eyes meet mine, oooh oooh, oooh oooh,

Well ten times out of nine

He ends up looking at his shoes

I wish he knew

I’m happy to say that I do

I love him too

And if he knew

My wishes finally would come true

I’m happy to say

Happy to say I do.

Got yourself a loving

Kissing and a hugging

Who’s he gonna choose to be his honey loving honey?

Got yourself a loving

Kissing and a hugging

Who your gonna choose be your honey loving man?

Got to, you got to

You’ve got to love him more than money

Got to, you got to

Hey I only want to hold his hand

I wish he knew

I’m happy to say that I do

I love him too

And if he knew

My wishes finally would come true

I’m happy to say

Happy to say I do.