Seven weeks have passed now since she left me
  She shows her face to ask me how I am
  She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
  Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
  She says, "Are you O.K.? I was worried about you
  Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy."
  I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
  I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears
    I saw a friend of mine
  He said, "I was worried about you
  I heard she had another man,
  I wondered how you felt about it?"
  I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
  I'm so happy I'm laughing though my tears
    Saw my lawyer, Mr Good News
  He got me joint custody and legal separation
  I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
  I'm laughing through my tears
  I'm laughing through my tears
    I took a walk alone last night
  I looked up at the stars
  To try and find an answer in my life
  I chose a star for me
  I chose a star for him
  I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
  Something made me smile
  Something seemed to ease the pain
  Something about the universe and how it's all connected
    The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice cream
  We try to do the best within the given time
  A kid should be with his mother
  Everybody knows that
  What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes?
    I saw that friend of mine, he said,
  "You look different somehow"
  I said, "Everybody's got to leave the darkness sometime"
  I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
  I'm laughing through my tears
  I'm laughing through my tears
  I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
  I'm laughing through my tears
  I'm laughing through my tears