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The third track, "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)", is a song composed of various movements and this represents the second time Buckley wrote in this manner, his previous effort being the title track of ''[[Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)|Goodbye and Hello]]''. The segments of the song were written separately as "Danang" and "Asbury Park", as demonstrated on the later released demo sessions, ''[[The Dream Belongs to Me: Rare and Unreleased 1968 - 1973]]''. The final version of the song is backed by an 'ocean' [[sound effect]], however this was not originally intended to feature on the song. Buckley and the band were happy with the take of song but because of a recording problem the track had a slight electric buzzing in the background. The producer solved this by muffling the buzzing with the ocean [[overdub]].<ref name=DreamB/>
"Dream Letter" is as an ode and apology to his ex-wife, Mary Guibert, and his son [[Jeff Buckley]].<ref name=TimBuckleyBiography/> This is the second song Buckley wrote about the pair, the first being "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" on his previous LP, ''[[Goodbye and Hello (Tim Buckley album)|Goodbye and Hello]]''. In comparison to that song "Dream Letter" has a more apologetic tone, the lyrics reveal this with Buckley lamenting "Does he ever ask about me?" . It would be over five years later that Buckley would meet with his son again.<ref name="TheUnmadeStar">Browne, David (October 24, 1993). Retrieved on May 1, 2008"[http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/features/nyt-unmadestar.html The Unmade Star] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509062824/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/features/nyt-unmadestar.html |date=2008-05-09 }}". ''The New York Times''.</ref> The name of the song would later be used for a [[live album]]: [[List of works published posthumously|posthumous]] release ''[[Dream Letter: Live in London 1968]]''. The concert features much of the same personnel from the ''Happy Sad''.
"Gypsy Woman" is a long track highlighting Buckley's vocal acrobatics and on the record has some qualities of a [[jam session]]. Buckley and his band were disappointed with its recording but the song would remain as part of Buckley's live repertoire for the following years.<ref name=TimBuckleyBiography/> The closer of the album, "Sing a Song For You", is more similar to Buckley's work on ''Goodbye and Hello'' than to the songs on the rest of the album. It shares the verse/chorus style and folk leanings of "[[Song to the Siren (Tim Buckley song)|Song to the Siren]]", which though released on ''[[Starsailor (album)|Starsailor]]'' was written around the same period.
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