SMILES OR TEARS (original)

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Smiles Or Tears (Behind the song)

A father has a sobering responsibility, because he can produce in his children smiles or tears. As the songs says, “I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON ME AN SAY,  SMILES OR TEARS” The verses address the gradual change that a child makes as they grow and a fathers preoccupation and concern that  the smiles are remembered  and there are no tears or they are forgotten never to mar the life of the child. Colossians 3:21 talks of how serious raising a child can be, it says, “You fathers, do not be exasperating your children, so that they do not become downhearted.”  A father can affect a child’s emotional state warping him/her or balancing him/her  into a happy person for the rest of his/her life. These are the inspirations behind the song. Those feelings were mine as I watched my daughter grow and later my son. It is a serious thing to be in charge of molding the life of another person and I felt that deeply.

 

 

 LYRICS

SMILES OR TEARS

 

LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

 

AND SOMETIMES I JUST DON T KNOW WHAT I VE GOT

 

BUT EVERY TIME YOU SMILE

 

I JUST LOOSE MY THOUGHTS

 

I WATCH YOU LIVING IN YOUR TENDER YEARS

 

AND  KNOW THAT I AM FORMING

 

WHAT WILL BE YOUR SMILES OR TEARS

(CHORUS)

YOUR SMILES OR TEARS

 

I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON ME AND SAY

 

SMILES OR TEARS

 

I WATCH YOU THINKING

 

BUT YET I CAN T READ YOUR THOUGHTS

 

AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY

 

THEY RE GETTING FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY

 

ONLCE I THOUGHT I HAD YOU WITHIN MY GRASP

 

BUT WHEN I TURNED TO HOLD YOU TOO MUCH TIME HAD LAPSED

 

WILL YOU HAVE SMILES OR TEARS

 

CHORUS:

 

I SENSE YOUR FEELINGS BUT SOMEHOW I CAN T GET INSIDE

 

I KNOW YOU NEED ME AND YOU VE LEARNED TO LOVE

 

BUT WILL YOU STILL BE LOVING

 

WHEN YOU VE FALLEN IN LOVE

 

WILL YOU HAVE SMILES OR TEARS

 

CHORUS