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FOR A SMILE by David Mentzer

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Verse 1 Gone now, gone is the drifting,
Blown like leaves down the street of an empty longing,
Softly, you come in like wind under wings,
Laughing, I rise on the breeze of your smile…

Chorus Now I’m lost in eyes that are dancing,
Tell me this love is as real as your arms that hold me,
Closely, you come in as close as the sun,
Watching my life come undone for a smile.

Verse 2 Higher, you take me higher,
Under these wings there’s no one who loves me like you do,
Sunlight, it’s passing through us like a stream,
Lifting it’s own like a dream from the world.

Chorus Now I’m lost in eyes that are dancing,
Tell me this love is as real as your arms that hold me,
Closely, you come in as close as the sun,
Watching my life come undone for a smile.


lyrics by David Jo Mentzer

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