Learning To Laugh

I got lost trying to find my soul
Travelled
Travelled hard
Fell in love
Fell apart

Found I'd changed
Found I was still the same
Time moved on
I stood still
Yet nothing and everything had changed

Life had bent
I was spent
I sat down and thought awhile
Took too long
Wrote broken songs of lost dreams and smiles

Picked up my self
Ached real hard
Pushed and pushed and pushed the rest
Tackled on, fought and lost
But still I struggled, seemed the best

Finally up and onward I grow
Up and beyond
And over and thru
My heart stopped once
Never again, never again to accept being still

Time stands still
Time to time
We struggle against it all the same
Smile and laugh
Force it out
Run, dance, hop, skip, don't be lame

Gotta laugh
and laugh and laugh
'Til cheeks can only ache
Rest a bit
Lick lips, stretch face, be ready...
Then crack a smile in laughters' place

Fill yourself full
Bundles of chuckles
Ha's and ha's
Sides of you split in half
Bent double with laughter
For all happiness just give in
Give in and learn to laugh