David Byrne Smile Lyrics

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