Smile
Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

If you smile

With your fear and sorrow

Smile and maybe tomorrow

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just

Light up your face with gladness

Hide every trace of sadness

Although a tear may be ever so near

That’s the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what’s the use of crying

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just

Smile, though your heart is aching

Smile, even though it’s breaking

When there are clouds in the sky

You’ll get by

If you smile

Through your fear and sorrow

Smile and maybe tomorrow

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile

That’s the time you must keep on trying

Smile, what’s the use of crying

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile

(A tribute to Charlie Chaplin taken from the stage version of “Smile.”)
Words Written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons.
Music Composed by Charles Chaplin.
Bourne Co. (ASCAP)
Produced by David Foster for Chartmaker, Inc., and Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions Inc.