To Look Up and Smile

I can’t look up and smile today

For something’s out of place

Every time my eyes cast upward

Tears stream down my face

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It’s been two years this very day

Since you left our earthly plain

And life goes on without you

But will never be the same

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And now I’ve lost another

That you know oh so well

I’m asking for your help today

So on sadness I don’t dwell

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I can’t look up and smile today

While grief imprisons my heart

But there’s something you can do for me

If your courage you impart

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I know she may be nervous

Or perhaps feels she’s not ready

But I know that with your calming presence

You can keep her strong and steady

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This evening when the sun goes down

And a million stars are in bloom

Please take her hand and teach her how

To swing upon the moon

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I know that you can do it

I’ve seen you many times before

Please help her swing upon the moon

So I can smile once more.