Laughter and Tears Lyrics

She sighs as she collapses on the sofa tonight

The kids are in bed with just a night light

But then she hears them giggle and then the patter of flight

A bump from the wall and a little lady cries

It's laughter and tears that fill up our lives

It's joy and sorrow that binds us and ties

Each tear into darkness and each smile into light

It's laughter and tears that fill up our lives

A scrape on the knee only a mother can fix

The remedy is a Band-Aid, two hugs and a kiss

A flat on the bicycle, daddy's got this

Then it's off to kill dragons or make them our pets

Cause this part is filled with laughter and tears

The climbing up trees and falling down stairs

The echo of joy on new year's midnight

Where the soft lulling ocean drinks in the moonlight

Mom, you don't understand you've never felt like i do

Smiling she says i once was young too

And heart's they break open and get torn in two

But heaven holds the promise that makes all things new

Cause this is the part with laughter and tears

Of teenage disappointments and first driving fears

The freedom of knowing the wrong from the right

The pain of forgetting, the hurting inside

Wife, i have loved you for all of my days

Through all of the changes one thing has stayed

The Love that we share will not wilt away

What is planted on earth... will grow in heaven one day

Cause this part is filled with laughter and tears

The happy and sad, the hopes and the fears

Her eyes run the mantle and fill up with tears

As she sits by the fireplace and remembers the years