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TUPELO

(T. Beechey)



Maybe someday we'll laugh again --- I don't know when,too hard to tell

I'm well past all the shock and awe cause I never saw that my world fell

Till I awoke that Sunday morn torn from all I'd held in praise

Maybe one of these days but not real soon,the tune of laughter never plays



Maybe someday we'll laugh until the will to stop cannot be found

And the sound will echo throughout the world and boys and girls will hit the ground

Since laughter can be quite contagious,Folks of all ages will be holding their cheeks

Maybe one of these weeks but not for certain,the curtain of laughter never peaks



I used to laugh at everything

Life would just bring a smile to my face

Every place that I went,I'd be smiling

All the while at the whole human race

Everything was beautiful,a joy to behold

Till that cold winter's day so long ago

Now I don't know what a laugh is

Since none has risen since Tupelo



Maybe someday we'll laugh about all the doubts that we two shared

But I wouldn't dare try laughing yet,it's a sure bet we're not prepared

The pain's too deep and nothing's healed and we'd never yield to the tears

Maybe one of these years but not right now,somehow laughter never appears



Maybe someday we'll laugh once more just like before when laughter rang

We'll hang upon each other to keep from creeping down with a sudden bang

I'd love to share a laugh or two with only you,my precious wife

But not in this life,perhaps in the next...the section for laughter never revived



On a Sunday morning in Tupelo

The laughter ran low and ceased to be

And so did we when I looked around

You weren't to be found and so ended me

I became a shell everafter

No laughter would ever grace my lips

Thanks to that trip to Tupelo,the me I did know cashed in his chips