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