Smile For Me Lyrics

[Intro]
Smile for me (x2)

[Verse 1]
She was daddy's little girl, came from a small town
The type of chick that everybody would talk about

Only 19, but her body was mean: she was a beauty queen
So she moved to Hollywood to pursue a dream
And just like she thought she would, she hit it big
Signed a deal, and every day she had a gig

It was crazy all the sudden, she had all the success now
But the pressure had her stressed out
And she was always getting drunk now, always in the club now
With all the cool new friends, who had the drugs round
So they would skip the lines, then they'd sniff the lines

And pretty soon, she was doing this shit all the time
And it was cool; at least she thought it was
Till she couldn't smile without all the drugs
She was a beautiful girl, but inside she was hurting
That's why she's hiding cuts all under her David Yurmans

[Hook]
It's okay not to be okay, it's okay not to be okay sometimes (x2)
Smile for me, smile for me
Everything gon' be just fine
Smile for me, smile for me
Everything gon' be just fine
[Bridge]
Feeling like I'm falling down, falling down
And I'm calling out, calling out
Feel like I'm falling
Smile for me
Feeling like I'm falling down, falling down
And I'm calling out, calling
Smile for me

[Hook]
It's okay not to be okay, it's okay not to be okay sometimes (x2)
Smile for me, smile for me
Everything gon' be just fine
Smile for me, smile for me
Everything gon' be just fine

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“Smile For Me”, the final track off Closer, is essentially this album’s “Past Gone”. It tells two different stories: one of a beauty queen and the other of a small town football star.

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Release Date
July 7, 2014
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