Tears and Laughter

No one's going to come along and line your palms with gold
And if they did, you would unfold
And if they did, you'd be wrong to take it

After all the tears and all the laughter
Your happiness is a string of disasters
Oh, what more could someone ask for?

No one's going to say it's wrong to set alight your soul
But if they did, where would it go
With all your home in ashes?

After all the fear of showing ages
On your face like the heavy scent of time
When time is all we're after

Step away, stay in the light
Then we'll watch them all walk by
To the waterside

After all the fear of showing ages
On your face like the heavy scent of time
When time is all we're after

Still, on all the walls we have reminders
Of the times we left behind us
Now all your words are silence

Step away, stay in the light
Then we'll watch them all walk by
To the waterside