I Can Smile, Too

Lyrics

Everybody's hopeful. Everybody smiles.
Didn't they lose their very live in just a little while?
I don't feel hopeful. I just can't smile. I lost everything.
Now it's out on the berm in a single pile.
What can I do? What can I do? Where is my strength?
How can I go on? How can I make it through?
What can I do?

I saw my neighbor, workin' on his home.
His family was out of town but he was whistlin' cheerfully despite his being alone.
I went up to him, just to say hello. And tears came into my eyes.
He looked at me softly as if to say "I know."
And he smiled, too.
With the strength of the Lord he could move on, and he could make it through.
And he smiled, too.

Just the other day my son smiled up at me.
He said to me, "Daddy I know you lost your baseball cards and that was your favorite hobby.
I know they're not much. Didn't have much to spend.
But here's a few cards I bought at a school rummage sale. Please take them in your hand."
Now I can smile too.
I can smile too.
With the strength of the Lord I can move on and I can make it through.
I can smile too.

I can understand now back in seventy-nine.
My daddy felt when I said, "Here, you can have mine."
Didn't know why he cried. Didn't know what that meant.
Now I know it was 'cause little boys are Heaven sent.
Now I can cry, too.
I can cry, too.
With the strength of the Lord I can move on and I can make it through.
I can cry, too.

Now I can smile too.
I can smile too.
With the strength of the Lord I can move on and I can make it through.
I can smile too.