that kind of a smile
I only turned on my flashlight to help you
See the path that you were on.
I didn’t mean to make you stumble
Into a false, cold, hard, winter’s dawn.
Maybe you think way too much
About the feeling of every word.
Maybe you be better off feeling
Every thing that you ever heard.
That’s a cold, hard deck you play
When you look and then call the wild card.
I don’t have enough money to pay
When cards fall that hard.
You know,
I don’t mind if you deal off of the bottom of the deck every once in a while.
It’s only that I’m asking could you please try to do it without that kind of a smile.
You shouldn’t have to think to make your heart beat.
And your heart doesn’t need to explain.
There’s times a brain is a drain
That pours you into a world of red-hot pain.
There’s times you can only understand
After you lose your head.
I saw a painting once it was called,
“No words need to be said”.
You know,
I don’t mind if you deal off of the bottom of the deck every once in a while.
It’s only that I’m asking could you please try to do it without that kind of a smile.
It’s a heavy burden that you shoulder
To decide the value and the worth for us all.
It’s mighty nice of you to carry that boulder
But haven’t you noticed that it’s a foul ball.
You know,
There’s got to be a better way to smile,
A way that shows that you really care,
A way that makes it all worthwhile,
A way that makes us both want to be there.
And you know,
I don’t mind if you deal off of the bottom of the deck every once in a while.
It’s only that I’m asking could you please try to do it without that kind of a smile.