got her daddy s eyes and her mama s hair that newborn baby lyin there a grandpa holds his first grandchild that s a cryin smile in another town there s a long white dress little church crammed full to sunday best bride s father walks her down the aisle that s a cryin smile it s a goodbye kiss first day of school a doctor callin with a good news a sinner standin in the pure gettin born for the second time it s snapshots laid out on the floor or a loved one back home from the war makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky that s a cryin smile forty years he punched that clock for a pat on the back and a gold watch they called it goin out in style that s a cryin smile it s a goodbye kiss first day of school a doctor callin with a good news a sinner standin in the pure gettin born for the second time it s snapshots laid out on the floor or a loved one back home from the war makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky that s a cryin smile a nursin home has an empty bed four generations bow their heads god welcomes home another child ain t that a cryin smile 