I like my heat hot
Friends unruly
My cactus sharp
And a hawk on high

Gimme days long
Nights short as can be
Beer thick and smooth
And a bold blue sky

Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I
Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I

Like a lizard upon a sun-baked rock
Bear cubs rollin' down a hillside
Frolickin' robins in a mountain park

So happy will be I
Oh, happy will be I

Gimme high country
Where the trees grow slow
A scoldin' squirrel
Above where I lie

Loose laughing waters
With pools to cool me
The milky way
And Orion shine

Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I
Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I

Dragonflies reelin' round and round
Chickadees dee-deein' in the tall
Pines
Turkeys chortling along the ground

So happy will be I
Oh, happy will be I

Gimme soft hands
And a hard kiss, "Howdy"
From a brown-eyed woman
With a ten mile smile

In a summer dress
Wearin' dirty bare feet
Her long hair dark
As a cloudy night

Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I
Gimme these things and I'll be happy
So happy will be I

Redwoods croakin' on a windy day
The seashore foaming in an ebb tide
Seal heads bobbin' in the rollin' waves

So happy will be I
Oh, happy will be I