had a dream last night you cared and asked me how i am
well i am
sometimes the road that victory takes leads us to no good end
and we bend
as pure as the sun
as sure as the sky
you miss out me saying it's time to fly
change has begun
so cease your regrets
i make good mistakes
and i'm not over yet
i won't give up on me like you did
i choose to let myself see the good in
not being for you but you wish you could be
smiling
smiling
and i wake up but don't look in the mirror
walk downtown as if it one day it might come clearer
think i see you
but you couldn't be farther
picture a little girl that could have been my daughter
hope you live up to be what you will
i choose to keep myself free and the truth is
i always think of you, hope you will think of me
smiling
smiling
now i stand quiet and still smiling
you know i swallow that pill smiling
i guess i can't get my fill of smiling
going alone i will smiling
breathing is really cool, and i love my life
every reason in the world to be smiling
breathing is really cool, and i love my life
every reason in the world to be smiling
breathing is really cool, and i love my life
every reason in the world to be smiling...

- Jimmie's Chicken Shack, "Smiling"