Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Everybody Smiles at Me

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1970 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1998.


Everybody smiles at me.
I don't know why,
But that's all right.
When I walk down the street,
Everybody smiles.
I'm not so pretty,
I'm not so funny either,
But all the faces got sunny
Looking at me, yes.

Long faces, round faces,
Pink, yellow, and brown,
All the faces get glowy when they smile.
I don't know why
They smile at me,
I keep walking in the streets,
Block after block,
Mile after mile,
Just to see the people smile.

Everybody smiles at me.
That special way,
And that's O.K.
When I walk down the street
Everybody smiles.
Maybe we're all a special tribe
With a laughing sign.
A conspiracy of joy
In a darkness time, yes.

Long faces, round faces,
Pink, yellow, and brown,
All the faces get glowy when they smile.
I don't know why
They smile at me,
I keep walking in the streets,
Block after block,
Mile after mile,
Just to see the people smile.


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