Song Description

Missing a lost love, but still smiling

Lyrics

Closer to Laughter
[Verse]
I got a beer in my hand... Moon's in the summer sky
Cody's sittin' by my side... 'n' you are restin' on my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
'n' there's a tear in my eye
Yeah... there's a tear in my eye...
but I just don't feel like cryin'

[Verse]
Then I drift again... another ride on a memory
the sand shifts away... my hand slips and wakes me

[Verse]
'n' now the beer is gone but it's not like I was drinkin'
I know that I can save my broken heart from sinkin'

[Chorus]
'n' there's a tear in my eye but I just don't feel like cryin'
I'm so much closer to laughter now than I ever was to dyin'

[Bridge]
I can be anywhere at any time of day...
And I'm surrounded by echoes of things I heard you say...
in your whispers... and your laughter...
as you gently slipped away...

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
I get up with Cody... for the long walk home
he knows I'd never leave him... even now that we're alone


[Chorus]
'n' there's a tear in my eye but I just don't feel like cryin'
I'm so much closer to laughter now than I ever was to dyin'

[Chorus]
n' there's a tear in my eye but I listen to the dreams I'm havin'
And I... I can hear you Laughin'

[Outro]
I'm so much closer to laughter now...
Cause I can hear you laughin'

Yeah I... I can hear you laughin'...

Lyrics and Music by Steven Arkley
© Steven Arkley 2018