Smilin' at Nothin' (For Paul)

Why don't you find a stream and lose your shoes Walk on in, what you gotta lose You could take a nap on the carpet in the hall If anybody asks you, you're just waiting on a call Or you could toss a ball against the wall Or draw portrait of yourself, but you're ten foot tall You could tramp around from town to town Hop a freight right out the gate and ride your heart up off the ground Or you could go for a walk, you could take a hike If you don't like to walk, you could ride a bike Ride off into the sunset or ride it on home Ride it to Montana where the buffalo roam Or you could ride 'til you can't ride anymore You've got grit in your teeth and your ass is all sore There's dark clouds arising and wouldn't you know Sometimes you gotta get rained on if you wanna grow, so Go outside and get to doing something Look up at a tree or smile at nothing Think about your mama and what your pops taught ya Or don't, you don't have to think if you don't want to You've just gotta keep moving, keep on moving along If it does you any good well you could sing this song Just whatever you do, make sure that it's something Even if you're smiling at nothing So you say you lost your way, it happened yesterday You were talking to yourself and kept forgetting what to say So you wrote yourself a letter, said give me a day And wrote yourself back, said hey that's okay Well there's an ocean of heartache at every turn If you don't know how to swim you might want to learn If you don't know how to learn don't think that you can't That water's steady rising and I'm reaching out my hand, so Go outside and get to doing something I'll come with ya and smile at nothing Think about your mama and what your pops taught ya Or don't, you don't have to think if you don't want to You've just gotta keep moving, keep on moving along If it does you any good well you could sing this song Just whatever you do, make sure that it's something Even if you're smiling at nothing Say whatever you do, make sure that it's something Even if you're smiling at nothing