David Serby presents: No Happy Endings
Sometines, there are no happy endings
Serby’s ‘60s folk-pop meets country song “No Happy Endings” is about a lovelorn sad-sack who wants to be the leading man in his own life, but always ends up as the sad clown.
Los Angeles roadhouse singer David Serby’s ‘60s folk-pop meets country song “No Happy Endings” is about a lovelorn sad-sack who wants to be the leading man in his own life, but always ends up as the sad clown.
It's a song about being broken-hearted, told through the prism of the promises we were given from watching a lifetime of movies.
The chorus works as a thesis for the song with, “There ain’t no happy endings / On the silver screen / Boy meets girl and falls in love / That’s but just one scene / There ain’t no happy endings / At the picture show / Girl leaves boy and breaks his heart/ Then the credits roll.”
Serby, a screenwriter who’s lived in Hollywood most of his life, says, “I’ve been there, divorced and trudging through other failed relationships with no expectation of finding someone. I acutely remember that feeling of sorrow when your heart is broken and you’re all alone—really feeling those moments of loss. But, I’ve been blessed to have been in a happy marriage for a long time now. You don’t learn by success and winning, it’s lots of pain and sorrow. Happiness is only found at the end of the darkness. That stored pain makes you appreciate the things that make you happy so much more intensely. Can you appreciate anything without knowing sadness?”
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Tour dates:
June 27: Long Beach album release show at Di Piazza’s at the Twang City show
