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Happy Accident

CORN FLAKES  
"tell us all about 'em!"
well… They were trying to make bread and they failed
They cooked the ingredients way too long – they came out soggy and totally wrong
But the Kellogg genius's toasted it until…(ding!) crunchy! flakey! Delicious in milk!

EUREKA! UNIQUE-A! TOTALLY SUPERFREAK-A!

PENICILLAN!
"Tell us all about it!"
great – the miracle medicine that was a mistake
Trying to kill germs in a laboratory, thought they had to quit when things got moldy
Suddenly the germs were getting defeated…. The mold was the medicine that they needed

EUREKA! UNIQUE-A! TOTALLY SUPERFREAK-A!

Chorus:
One more happy accident
(Musta been) meant to be, heaven sent to be
One more happy accident
It's okay – here to stay
We're so happy that it went this way

STICKY NOTES!
"tell us all about 'em!"
Super – they tried to make super glue, they made a big blooper
Cuz the glue they made was super – weak; in fact it lasted about a week…
So they put it on little yellow pieces of paper, and sold 10 million of 'em 10 years later

EUREKA! UNIQUE-A! TOTALLY SUPERFREAK-A!

CHORUS

Sometimes you feel like you're stuck with bad glue…
until you figure out what its for, just like me and you

LOVE,
"tell us all about it!"
Hey, what can I say? I had a map of how to get there but it blew away
Wandering around the great big world, looking for a way to feel sure
In the perfect imperfection of a porous plan  – you walked up and took my hand

EUREKA! UNIQUE-A! TOTALLY SUPERFREAK-A!

CHORUS

Credits:

Words & music by Billy Jonas
Copyright 2009 Billy Jonas, Bang-A-Bucket Music, BMI
Billy Jonas: vocals, jugs, xylophone, gourd-jo (gourd banjo)
Ashley Farmer: vocals
Fire Cracker Jazz Band--
.....Mike Gray: vocals
.....Henry Westmoreland: vocals
.....Earl Sachals: vocals
.....Jay Widenhouse: vocals
Michael Rubin: harmonica
Chris Rosser: accordian, melodica
Bill Melanson: vocals
Nance Petit: vocals
Nathan Wilcox-Petit: vocals
David Wilcox: vocals
Nicky Erker: vocals
Daphne Howard: vocals


Produced by Billy Jonas, Bill Melanson & Adam Johnson
Engineered by Adam Johnson at Possum Palace, Chris Rosser at Hollow Reed Studios
Mixed by Billy Jonas and Adam Johnson at Possum Palace, Braidstream Studios and Upstream Studios, Asheville, NC