Words and Music by Lenny Solomon

Co-Produced and Arranged by Lenny Solomon and Ethan Bill

Recorded at the Pine Room, Dumont NJ

Lenny Solomon Piano and Vocals

Ethan Bill Drums, Bass, Guitar, Organ, Trumpet

Andrew Golub, Saxaphone

If I want to write songs If I want to accomplish things.

If I want to move forward in life. I got to have simcha.

Stuck in a rut. If I’m feeling like I’m spinning my wheels.

How can I get out of it? I got to have simcha.

Oh I’ve been humbled and I’ve been brought to a halt.

I’ve cried out to you when I felt sad.

The ups came once in awhile, the downs didn’t seem to end.

But now I know the answer.

Chorus: I’ve got to have simcha.

I’ve got to have simcha.

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I’ve got to have simcha!

A lot of people play different parts during their life.

They could be givers they could be takers they got to have simcha.

There is nothing happening, I’m sitting in a chair.

Getting off this Hamsters wheel, I got to have simcha.

It’s a pit that I’m in.

It’s a hole that I have fallen down.

There is only one way to go and that’s up!

God help me, God take me by the hand.

Chorus: I’ve got to have simcha.

I’ve got to have simcha.

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I’ve got to have simcha!

To be a Prophet you got to be happy.

And then there’s a whole lot left to say.

Get me to the promised land,

The light is filling up the room Ohhhhh

Chorus: I’ve got to have simcha.

I’ve got to have simcha.

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I’ve got to have simcha!