Lyrics
Verse 1
I've been singing sad songs
Feeling really bad songs
You know those living in the past songs
Looking back songs
Oh, but not today
(Oh, but not today)
Cause I got me a new song
A since I met You song
Pre-Chorus
A make me want to move on
Skies are turning blue song
Breaking out of the grey
Chorus
So long sad songs
I'm singing a new one
Sounds like perfect peace
Sounds like joy in my soul
Hello, happy
God I know You have me
Walking in Your goodness
Wherever I go
I'm singing so, so long
So long sad songs
Interlude
Bye
Bye
Mmmm
Verse 2
Lord You give my life a melody (oh oh)
It's got a vibe that's kind of heavenly (Yeah)
So if I'm gonna cry, cry, cry
It's happy tears only in my eye, eye, eye
Saying bye, bye, bye
Chorus
So long sad songs
I'm singing a new one
Sounds like perfect peace
Sounds like joy in my soul
Hello, happy
God I know You have me
Walking in Your goodness
Wherever I go
I'm singing so, so long
So long to the sad songs
So, so long
So long to the sad songs
Bridge
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
If its sadness let it go
Happiness is here to stay, tell the devil go away
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Praise Him everywhere I go
God is good, God is great, praise Him every night and day
My mom told me to sing the happiest song and this is it
(Yeah) My mom told me to sing the happiest song and this is it
Chorus
So long sad songs
I'm singing a new one
Sounds like perfect peace
Sounds like joy in my soul (joy in my soul)
(And) Hello, happy
God I know You have me (I know You have me)
Walking in Your goodness
Wherever I go
I'm singing
So
So long
So long to the sad songs
(So) So
So long
So long to the sad songs
Outro
I've been singing sad songs
To feeling really bad songs
You know those living in the past songs
Looking back songs
Oh, but not today
No not today
I like that
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
This upbeat praise song contrasts a past of "sad songs" with a new song that began after meeting God. The opening lines list songs that feel bad or look back, and then the singer declares "Oh, but not today". The refrain says the new song "sounds like perfect peace" and "joy in my soul", and it says goodbye to sadness with the line "So long sad songs".
The lyrics credit God for the change: "Lord You give my life a melody" and "God I know You have me, walking in Your goodness". That reflects Psalm 40:3, where God puts a new song in the mouth, and Psalm 30:11, where mourning is turned into dancing.
The bridge adopts a playful nursery-rhyme style, with "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", and then tells sadness to leave and praises God as good and great. A closing line about a mother's advice to sing the happiest song gives the track a personal, light-hearted tone. It suits listeners who want a cheerful declaration of gladness and gratitude rather than a solemn hymn.
Related Scripture
- Psalm 40:3 God puts a new song in the mouth, a song of praise.
- Psalm 30:11 Mourning is turned into dancing and sorrow into gladness.
- Nehemiah 8:10 The joy of the Lord is described as strength.