Song Description

about the importance of the most basic things in life, how laughing and loving can help us get through anything

Lyrics

LIVE LAUGH AND LOVE
©Joan Alexander 2002

I?ve seen it there on my big TV screen, oh, the saddest things.
Something about a war, somewhere out there, and the heartache that it brings.
I used to cry and feel for them, the blood dripping from their hands,
There was always something there that I knew I?d never understand.

You don?t know what you?ve got ?til it?s gone, I?ve heard that said before.
And I always thought that I knew what it meant, but I don?t think that anymore.
Now we?re not talking about a broken heart or a distant love.
I just don?t feel that safe anymore, and that?s what I?m scared of.

You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, ?cause that?s all there really is.
There?s nothing more than this.
You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, and if you give me just one kiss,
I can hold on hard to this?hold on hard to this.

I don?t care about material things, they don?t mean that much to me.
But don?t take away my peace of mind and my right to be free.
I don?t want to live in fear of what the world will do,
And I don?t want my children to know, that this is what we?ve come to.

You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, ?cause that?s all there really is.
There?s nothing more than this.
You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, and if you give me just one kiss,
I can hold on hard to this?hold on hard to this.

There?s a message to be found, I think I heard them say.
Maybe now they?ll try to tell me that it?s his mysterious way.
Well, I think the only thing that can lift me from this place
Is the open arms of the one I love and the smile upon your face.

You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, ?cause that?s all there really is.
There?s nothing more than this.
You?ve got to live, laugh, and love, and if you give me just one kiss,
I can hold on hard to this?hold on hard to this.