Songwriter: Sara Allen Daryl Hall
Producer: David Foster
The monkey in the middle doesn't hear what he said
He's just lets the ball keep flyin over his head
Doesn't laugh when he's right and doesn't cry when he's wrong
He's a happy chimp jumpin, just keeps singing along
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
Stay happy, stay happy
No pain, no brain
No brain, no pain
Knowing that you don't know is a terrible thing
When you don't know nothing and they make you the king
Smart enough to attack but then you've got to retreat
And when you trip to the stars you feel the lead in your feet
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
Oh please don't worry about anything
No pain, no brain
Stay happy, stay happy
Hahahahaha
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it, below it is fine
When we were younger, we were so sensitive
We felt everything so intensely
So smart, we took everything apart
Let's hear it for the boys and girls just having fun and not worrying about
Anything
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
No pain, no brain
No pain, no brain
Oh stay happy
Oh please stay happy
We do not worry about anything
Oh happy, happy, happy
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
Never rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
He's just lets the ball keep flyin over his head
Doesn't laugh when he's right and doesn't cry when he's wrong
He's a happy chimp jumpin, just keeps singing along
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
Stay happy, stay happy
No pain, no brain
No brain, no pain
Knowing that you don't know is a terrible thing
When you don't know nothing and they make you the king
Smart enough to attack but then you've got to retreat
And when you trip to the stars you feel the lead in your feet
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
Oh please don't worry about anything
No pain, no brain
Stay happy, stay happy
Hahahahaha
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it, below it is fine
When we were younger, we were so sensitive
We felt everything so intensely
So smart, we took everything apart
Let's hear it for the boys and girls just having fun and not worrying about
Anything
No brain, no pain
No brain, no pain
No pain, no brain
No pain, no brain
Oh stay happy
Oh please stay happy
We do not worry about anything
Oh happy, happy, happy
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
Don't try to rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
Never rise above it
It's better below
When life is going by you, you'll never know
When everything is simple, it's really sublime
Don't try to rise above it
Below it is fine
more tracks from the album
From the album
- X-Static (1979)
Hall & Oates popular songs
- You Make My Dreams
- Rich Girl
- Maneater
- Out of Touch
- I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
- She’s Gone
- Sara Smile
- Private Eyes
- Kiss On My List
- Adult Education
- Wait for Me
- Family Man
- When The Morning Comes
- One on One
- Say It Isn’t So
- Method of Modern Love
- Philly Forget Me Not
- Everytime You Go Away
- Do It for Love
- So Close
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are
- I’m Really Smokin’
- Waterwheel
- Alone Too Long