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David Byrne – Smile lyrics
Smile when tears are falling from your eyes
Smile like windows of the shops at night

Here - everything is as it seems
All - the tables & the chairs seem real
Here - paintings on the walls
Somehow make it all so strange

So smile - to brighten up the darkest day
Your smile - like icing on a birthday cake

Lovers - floating in a paradise
Blue - lights flicker from a room at night
I'm happy just to be just like one of these who smile

How we sang
How we loved
How we were
& How we was
We're not afraid anymore

I'm scared of you
I'm scared of me
But scary things
Will set me free
I'm not afraid anymore

So smile - when nothing seems to go your way
Smiles - to take away our thoughts & cares
Blue - like blood returning to my heart
Fingers, Hands and every tiny part
Every kid in every school
Knows all you've got to do is - smile

How we sang
How we loved
How we were
& how we was
We're not afraid anymore

I'm scared of you
I'm scared of me
But scary things
Will set me free
I'm not afraid anymore

Smile when tears are falling from your eyes
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Smile when tears are falling from your eyes Smile like windows of the shops at night Here - everything is as it seems All - the tables & the chairs seem real Here - paintings on the walls Somehow make it all so strange So smile - to brighten up the darkest day Your smile - like icing on a birthday cake Lovers - floating in a paradise Blue - lights flicker from a room at night I'm happy just to be just like one of these who smile How we sang How we loved How we were & How we was We're not afraid anymore I'm scared of you I'm scared of me But scary things Will set me free I'm not afraid anymore So smile - when nothing seems to go your way Smiles - to take away our thoughts & cares Blue - like blood returning to my heart Fingers, Hands and every tiny part Every kid in every school Knows all you've got to do is - smile How we sang How we loved How we were & how we was We're not afraid anymore I'm scared of you I'm scared of me But scary things Will set me free I'm not afraid anymore Smile when tears are falling from your eyes Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: DAVID BYRNE
Smile lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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