Story Behind The Song

Written for my granddaughter "Lynleigh Caroline"

Lyrics

Sunrise and I'm off to work
Punch the clock for another day
To bust my back till quitting time
A hard day's work for meager pay

Evening paper says the stock market's down
The prime is about to soar
Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Soldiers are dying in wars

A country in crisis a world in despair
My troubled mind can't take much more
Got a million worries as I make it home
But when I open up the door

Lynleigh smiles and the world becomes a better place
When that baby girl smiles my troubles fade away
A world in chaos rages on but for a little while
Life is good and I'm at peace when I see Lynleigh smile

I pray I'll have the wisdom
When its time for me to know
When to hold her close to me
And then when to let her go

Because I know that day is coming
When she'll leave my home
And the emptiness and sorrow
Will ache deep inside my bones

Then I'll take her picture
Like I've done a thousand times
And I'll hold it to my heart
And then when I close my eyes

Lynleigh smiles and my heartache's not so sad
When she smiles the good outweighs the bad
I'll find all the strength I need to make it one more mile
No matter how rough the road I'll make it with Lynleigh's smile

Oh when Lynleigh smiles the world becomes a better place
When that baby girl smiles my troubles fade away
A world in chaos rages on but for a little while
Life is good and I'm at peace when I see Lynleigh smile

When she smiles I can make it one more day
When Lynleigh smiles all my troubles fade away
As a world of chaos rages on I know for a little while
I'm at peace and life is good
Yea I'm at peace and my life is good
Every time I see Lynleigh smile