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Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Canonical path: /barenaked-ladies/smile
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Smile
Read Smile lyrics by Barenaked Ladies on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Smile
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When we were young, we got too old
Never did what we were told
I can have and I can hold
But I can't buy what I just sold
[Chorus]
Smile, won't you, won't you smile?
Haven't seen it for a while
Stay, won't you, won't you stay?
I don't mean that that way
We had fun, so time went fast
You don't hop on; it goes right past
The water's high; it's overcast
You're a rotten egg if you're in last
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Love, tell me that I'm wrong
And I'll leave you with this song
But please do come along
And bring your smile with you
[Verse 3]
So raise a glass to all that's good
To everything that we withstood
And there'll be walls, but I think we could
knock 'em down, and for firewood
[Chorus (x2)]
I don't mean that that way
I don't mean that that way
I don't mean that that way
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