"behind your smile there's a girl i want to know" yeah i can hear the rain falling on the pavement makes me wonder where all my lost time went but i'm not worried, no i'm not scared to do all the things i never would've dared 'cause your smile makes me think, yeah it makes me think the world is more beautiful than i used to think so here i stand, so alone but your smile helps me to not feel so alone i can't imagine where i'd be in my life without seeing your smile that one fateful night they say the most beautiful things are the easiest to take for granted like the songs that a bird sings or the trees mother earth planted like the sun that shines down or a mother's wedding gown like the ground that we walk on to the ears that we talk on but behind your smile there's a girl i want to know yeah behind your smile there's a girl i'd like to know i can feel the thunder rumbling through the building and i appreciate the foundation built from that feeling but i'm not worried, no i'm not scared of all the feelings i never would've shared had i never seen you nor your wonderful smile it's the kind of thing to make me walk those extra miles barefoot, barebacked underneath the baking sun just to show you, girl, that i am the one i can't imagine where i'd be in my life yeah, had i not see your gorgeous smile that night they say the most beautiful things are the easiest to take for granted like the songs that a bird sings or the trees mother earth planted like the sun that shines down or a mother's wedding gown like the ground that we walk on to the ears that we talk on but behind your smile there's a girl i want to know yeah behind your smile there's a girl i'd like to know as i sit here longing for someone whom i will never forget i'll drown my fears wishing and hoping for something that is so perfect someone perfect as i lay here beneath the stars that i know i won't soon forget i'll wipe my tears thinking and praying for something that is so perfect someone perfect someone perfect yeah, someone perfect they say the most beautiful things are the easiest to take for granted like the songs that a bird sings or the trees mother earth planted like the sun that shines down or a mother's wedding gown like the ground that we walk on to the ears that we talk on but behind your smile there's a girl i want to know yeah behind your smile there's a girl i'd like to know