A Smile Don't Cost A Thing

Story Behind The Song

Daniel and Work so hard sometimes we for get what the heck we are doing it for to begin with. Both of us were so tired of it all that writing a song about was all we could do to get through it...of course as soon as we started life began again and our complaints ended.

Song Description

Time to wake up from the redundant, automatic style of living that brings despair...jump in the groove and flow with what is going on right now.

Song Length 3:23 Genre Jazz - Contemporary, Jazz - Classic
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Peaceful, Content Subject Justice, Freedom
Similar Artists The Eagles, Sting Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Jammed in the street again, you're late by five or ten. You pass without a grin. A smile don't cost a thing. Here without a care, rock in a rockin' chair. Sit, i have a pair, it's easy. You've got bills to pay. it's a busy day. I see you turning grey, brother. It's a drag doin' life automatic. Time to shift the gears smilin'. Nothin' to do but jump in this groove. Swap your jeans for slacks. Lie on your income tax. But ain't you heard the facts, a smile don't cost a thing? Workin' late again, you take it on the chin to buy the perfect grin. Expensive. Yeah, it's really real, the pressures that you feel, to keep an even keel sister. It's a drag doin' life automatic. Time to shift the gears smilin'. Nothin' to do but jump in this groove.

Lyrics David Baumgarten/Daniel Johnson Music David Baumgarten/Daniel Johnson
Producer David Baumgarten Publisher David Baumgarten
Performance Daniel Johnson Label David Baumgarten

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