[Intro - Spoken, tender] Today, I smiled when I thought of you. It caught me by surprise. Then I felt guilty. But I think you would've smiled too. [Verse 1 - Intimate, nostalgic] We were talking about you in the kitchen When somebody put that record on The one you always sang your own words to Insisting we had learned it wrong I could see you holding up the wooden spoon Keeping a straight face just to fool us And I smiled before I realized Then remembered you weren't with us [Pre-Chorus - Fragile, conflicted] I looked down into my coffee Like I'd done something I should hide How could anything still feel this good Without you by my side? [Chorus - Powerful, aching] The day I smiled again I didn't miss you any less For a moment, I remembered you Without remembering your death And when the tears came falling I didn't try to hold them back They were still the same old tears But there was sweetness in the ache The day I smiled again You were the reason why [Instrumental - Piano, cello response] [Verse 2 - Warm, hesitant] I told the story to the ending For once, I didn't change the subject Someone said, “You make that face” I laughed and asked them how you did it We brought out all the photographs Two birthday cakes set side by side I let the conversation turn to you Without preparing to cry [Pre-Chorus - Soft, opening] I was scared that getting better Meant I'd start leaving you behind But I could hear your laughter clearly For the first time in a long, long time [Chorus - Powerful, aching] The day I smiled again I didn't miss you any less For a moment, I remembered you Without remembering your death And when the tears came falling I didn't try to hold them back They were still the same old tears But there was sweetness in the ache The day I smiled again You were the reason why [Bridge - Bare, grieving] I'd still give anything to have you back To hear your keys outside my door Tomorrow I might call this all unfair And feel that anger rise once more But today, there in the kitchen There was more of you than what I'd lost Your laughter and your made-up lyrics The sister I had, before you were gone [Instrumental - Violin, rising piano] [Final Chorus - Open, emotional] The day I smiled again I didn't miss you any less I found you in a memory And let it bring me happiness I can have a lovely afternoon And still cry all the way back home I can learn to love my life again And wish that you could see it all The day I smiled again I didn't start forgetting you I sang the words you always sang And left them wrong the way you used to [Outro - Spoken, affectionate] You see… It's your version I remember.
