Lyrics to
Smile Please

This version of Smile Please was released by Stevie Wonder in 1974.

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A smiling face is an Earth-like star
A frown can’t bring out the beauty that you are
Love within and you’ll begin smiling…
There’re brighter days ahead

Don’t mess your face up with bitter tears
‘Cause life is gonna be what it is
It’s okay, please don’t delay from smiling…
There’re brighter days ahead

Bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum

A smiling face you don’t have to see
‘Cause it’s as joyful as a Christmas tree
Love within and you’ll begin smiling…
There’re brighter days ahead

Love’s not competing it’s on your side
You’re in life picture so why must you cry
So for a friend please begin to smile – Please
There’re brighter days ahead

Bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum

Please smile for me

Bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum

Please smile for me

Bum – smile
Bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum
Bum bum di ti bum

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About Lyrics and Smile Please by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics for Smile Please are defined as the words making up the song released by Stevie Wonder in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Smile Please have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Stevie Wonder and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Smile Please by Stevie Wonder if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Smile Please" means the words set to the music of Smile Please, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Smile Please and the lyrics to Smile Please are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Smile Please, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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