Take it and Smile

Do right, fear what you want Just what you fall back on Won't get you out alive Just the same old talk from the mind eye Can't get what I need to rest Outside the squalid mess Too late to start anew For the longest time, thought we might do I get so sick with rage at what's bein' done It doesn't help me to know I'm not the only one Can't believe in nothin' that I tell myself Can't rely on the promise that it all be well I wish that there was somethin' I could say or do Doesn't feel any better just to know it's true And it gets worse all the while How can I just take it and smile? All the plyin' make it so vile All the pain, just take it and smile Take it and smile Come out, tell me it straight Just why we ought to wait It's not dark, but it's gettin' close I don't have to say it, everyone knows Can't change, reform or align What's made was by design And just what will come to pass Now the fates have come, but it won't last And I could cry with rage at what's bein' done It doesn't help me to know I'm not the only one Can't believe in nothin' that I tell myself Can't rely on the promise that it all be well I wish that there was somethin' I could say or do Doesn't feel any better just to know it's true And it gets worse all the while How can I just take it and smile? All the plyin' make it so vile All the pain, just take it and smile All the smite and denial All the sadness, take it and smile Take it and smile