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"I'm Not Smiling" lyrics

Josh Ritter Lyrics

"I'm Not Smiling"
(feat. Bill Frisell)

The way that you laugh
The smile 'round your eyes
Somehow believing your own alibis
You use to be funny you sigh
But I'm not smiling

Walking on needles, walking on pins
Bad would not describe the shape we are in
Come on, ain't it funny, you grin
But I'm not smiling

I gave you everything even my ghosts
I was helplessly in love with you more than most
Now I try and I try but I just can't get close
And I'm always the one picking up after jokes

Hearts are mirrors the light falls upon
Put them together they go on and on
But I look in them after you're gone
And I'm not smiling


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album: "Heaven, Or Someplace As Nice" (2024)
Josh Ritter - Heaven, Or Someplace As Nice album cover
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I'm Not Smiling
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