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Artist: Melanie Safka
Canonical path: /melanie-safka/smile
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Smile
Read Smile lyrics by Melanie Safka on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Smile
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Take no prisoner, leave no trace, make no wave
Freedom's illusion, home of the rich and the slave
Cynics and critics, making the news, creating a scene
Destiny lies in the fools who refuse to give up on a dream
And I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
Wear it well and it could appear in your heart
Indelibly printed on someone a world apart
Lights in the window all through our darkest day
Human kindness outdistances being afraid
And I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
"I don't trust the American smile. They smile for nothing.
I think it's to disarm you or something."
"No, I don't think so. I smile because I want to make some kind of a connection.
I look at someone and I think… we're connected"
I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
I love people who smile
If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
(you sing) I love people who smile…
(me) If everybody smiles, we'll have a hometown all over the world
What a wonderful world.
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Melanie Safka performs "Smile", and this lyric page sits inside the Melanie Safka catalog on LyroVerse.
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