Cryin' Smile

Got her daddy's eyes and her mama's hair

That newborn baby lyin' there

A grandpa holds his first grandchild

That's a cryin' smile

In another town, there's a long white dress

Little church crammed full to Sunday best

Bride's father walks her down the aisle

Now that's a cryin' smile

It's a goodbye kiss, first day of school

A doctor callin' with them good news

A sinner standin' in a pew

Gettin' born for the second time

It's snapshots laid out on the floor

Or a loved one back home from the war

Makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky

That's a cryin' smile

Forty years he punched that clock

For a pat on the back and a gold watch

They called it, "Goin' out in style"

Now that's a cryin' smile

It's a goodbye kiss, first day of school

A doctor callin' with them good news

A sinner standin' in a pew

Gettin' born for the second time

It's snapshots laid out on the floor

Or a loved one back home from the war

Makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky

That's a cryin' smile

A nursing home has an empty bed

Four generations bow their heads

God welcomes home another child

Ain't that a cryin' smile?