daring to smile (sometimes)

I'm here and you're here
Let's have a fling, dear
Well start a new thing, dear,
And giggle for years

My hand and your hand
Are waving like mad, dear
so let's take a stand, dear
and let go of our fears

Perhaps some sad tears, dear, will follow
they do, don't you know, in our sorrow

But smiles like cracks
like rays, to relax
the harsh sadness of life
let's throw off the strife
and giggle our sternness away

I'm here and you're here
Let's try and sing, dear
We'll start a new thing, dear,
and patch these cracked notes

My hand and your hand
Are now here to stay, dear
Let's start a new day, dear
and cover our eyes

Will wish just as hard, dear, as ever we could
And dare to believe what we probably should

The smiles, through cracks
Become rays to relax
The harsh sadness of life
Let's throw off these stripes
and giggle our worries away