Turn me into someone like you Find a place that we can go to Run away and take me with you Wait just a while Don't let go I need your rescue Save me from my superstitions Now I'm free from this soul's condition And I'll greet you with a smile Hold me

If I had you I could show the world how to smile I could be glad all of the while I could change the grey skies to blues I could leave the old days behind Leave all my pals, I'd never mind I could start my life all a new I could climb the snow capped

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts?

And a smile from you Close your eyes and dream of a sunny place Watch the world light up when you smile Stay with me and smile at me, sunny face Chase the clouds away with your smile Make a smile for me Lately I've been so lonely Might make these blues

Who gon' ride wit' me? And gon' ride wit' me? Yeah, death before dishonor but you lied to me, dang Yeah, from the cracks and the holes in the pavement Ain't no hope for the youth, Lord, save me Gotta smile through it even though you hate it All I ask is

Memories of everything Of lemon trees on mercury And come to me with remedies From five or six of seven seas And you always took me with a smile When I was down That blew through Sit up straight I'm on a double date

This is a mean old world, Baby to live in by yourself. Can't get the woman you love, Cause you know she's lovin someone else. Well I drink to keep from worryin Baby and I smile to keep from cryin'. Yes I drink to keep from worryin And you know I smile to

Bright smile dark eyes Now my work is done I feel I'm owed some joy Oh Imogene and Abelard I'm your homeward boy But there's another one Who brings me to your door And the boat she weaved from the tidal reeds

Oh oh oh oh ho oh Happy alone Sharing a smile So far from home I want in like a substitute I've been working awful hard for you But you don't say, you just hold your breath So I can't touch what I haven't yet She's a cold one and it hurts me so

Faces in the crowd Faces in the crowd will smile again And the devil may cry The devil may cry at the end of the night They will parade upon your victory It won't be in vain To swallow all your pain And learn to love what burns And gather courage to