Laughing Instead

from New Day Begun by Jackson Howard

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I might have flown for my freedom
Had I known what I know now
But twisting trails they led me anyhow

You never know
It never shows
You think you can’t sing it til it’s sung
I didn’t know who I could be when I was young

But I didn’t cry
I didn’t see a reason why
I felt the rain on my head
But I’ll be laughing instead
Cause I can see the clouds roll by

And every minute every day is a chance to wake up
Put something real in my cup
And every second I’m awake I could just interrupt
And say… I’m alright

If a man can be measured
By which matters make him mad
I guess we need to suffer to expand

So blow your smoke in my lungs
Cut me down with your tongues
Take my wallet, steal my keys
Never can you take or shake my peace

I ain’t gonna cry
Don’t even see a reason why
I feel the rain on my head
But I’ll be laughing instead
Cause I can see the clouds roll by

Look we’ve got a beautiful world in tatters
And I don’t matter that much
I think I’d rather be hurled and shattered
Than lie down losing touch

So I ain’t gonna cry

No I don’t see a reason why
If I can stand on my feet
And turn a grin to the heat

And try to let love amplify

Cause every minute every day there are choices to make
Am I living to give or to take?
And if I’m giving then it’s fine when the world claim’s its stake
And I’m…. I’m alright.

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from New Day Begun, released February 1, 2020

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