Candide, Act One: Life Is Happiness Indeed - Parade

Life is happiness indeed:

Mares to ride and books to read,

Though noble of birth I'm not,

I'm delighted with my lot.

Though I've no distinctive features

And I've no official mother

I love all my fellow creatures

And the creatures love each other!

Life is happiness indeed:

I have ev'rything I need

I am rich and unattached

And my beauty is unmatched.

With the rose my only rival

I admit to some frustration;

What a pity its survival

Is of limited duration.

Life is absolute perfection

As is true of my complexion

Ev'ry time I look and see me

I'm reminded life is dreamy.

Although I do get tired

Being endlessly admired

People will go on about me

How could they go on without me?

If the talk at times is vicious, that's the

Price you pay when you're delicious.

Life is pleasant, life is simple -

Oh my God, is that a pimple?

No, it's just the odd reflection -

Life and I are still perfection!

I am ev'rything I need!

Life is happiness indeed!

Life is happiness indeed:

(Life is absolute perfection, as is true of my complexion)

Horses to ride and books to read.

(Ev'ry time I look and see me, I'm reminded life is dreamy)

Though of noble birth we're not,

(Although I do get tired being endlessly admired)

We're delighted with our lot.

(People will go on about me, how could they go on without me?)

We're innocent and unambitious

That's why life is so delicious! (Price you pay when you're delicious!)

(Have ev'rything we need)

Though it is a heavy duty

To protect my awesome beauty,

(Life is happiness indeed!)

I have almost no objection -

Life and I are still perfection!

I am ev'rything I need

(Sheer happiness indeed!)

Life is happiness indeed!

Indeed!

Indeed!

Indeed!