Smile for Jackie

I wrote this song over a decade ago, and still play it every chance I get. It was originally called "Smile" and was only dedicated to a passing friend a few months later. I think the message of the song is pretty clear, "live for the ones who've died" but beneath that it hints at seizing the everyday moments we take for granted. Enjoy, and smile would ya?

Gotta love the little things in life

the moments we all know, might never happen twice

Appreciate all we have tonight

the little things that make us who we are inside

Gotta smile for the ones we've lost

we keep them living in our stories and our hearts

But don't you look up high and ask them what to do

they just wanna see you smile and go on being you

Raise my glass, to the sky

Live for the ones who've died

Wipe that tear from my eyes

Death only lives in goodbyes

Gotta hate the way a good night ends

when the music skips and your singin' with your friends

Take a glance at the empty chair

imagine how this moment would feel if you were there

Gotta hate the way a good time flies

the funny face you make when the sun is in your eyes

But don't you curse that star when it shines upon your face

Life ain't long enough to live it like a race

Raise my glass, to the sky

Live for the ones who've died

Wipe that tear from my eyes

Death only lives in goodbyes