"Smile"

2:20pm 4-14-2000, by James A. Jancik

(1)- Come home, from my corporate hole,
Where they market your ass or put a price on your head.
Meditate, or self-medicate,
Are the choices I have to spend my time before bed.

But before my eyes,
You materialize,
And your face gives me what my choices can't bring.

(Chorus)
Smile to laughs, laughs to tears,
Tears that wash the soot from my soul.
Words may fail and tongues may tie,
Wanna bring light into the darkness?
Smile.

2)- I take your smile, and put it on,
And watch my mask transform to skin.
But will it fade, in this world we made,
Or will it be torn away by those who can't see.

But before my eyes,
You materialize,
And your smile confirms that it's here to stay.

(Repeat Chorus)
Smile to laughs, laughs to tears,
Tears that wash the soot from my soul.
Words may fail, and tongues may tie,
To bring light into the darkness...
Smile.