Smiler At 50 - Tim Bowness

Smiler thinks about her mother

She thinks about her life

There was a man she used to know

But he left long ago

Smiler clears away her dinner

She eats alone these days

There was a life she used to lead

But that was just a phase

A girl the dads could laugh with

A face just right for first kiss

A look she thought was Paris

How did it come to this?

Smiler knows there is no future

She knows there’s only loss

There was a man she used to know

ANd through him, her blood would flow

Smiler looks into the mirror

Feels powerless, feel pain

There was a time she used to love

She’ll never love again

A girl the dads could laugh with

A face just right for first kiss

A look she thought was Paris

How did it come to this?

Replaying memories scene by scene

She feels the rainfall blow by blow

She weeps for places where she’s been

And those she’ll never know.