Song Description
									After losing someone you love... 
Lettin' good memories sink in...
								 								
								
								
									
										
											
											
																							| Song Length | 
												3:48 | 
																								Genre | 
												Folk - Contemporary, Pop - General | 
																									
																								| Lead Vocal | 
												Male Vocal | 
																								Mood | 
												 Poignant | 
																									
																								| Subject | 
												 Heartbreak,  Change | 
																								Language | 
												English | 
																									
																								| Era | 
												2000 and later | 
												 |  | 										
									
								 
								
								
																Lyrics
								
									Closer to Laughter
[Verse]
I got a beer in my hand
Moon's in the summer sky
Cody's sittin' by my side
'n' you are restin' on my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
'n' there's a tear in my eye
Yeah... there's a tear in my eye
but I just don't feel like cryin'
[Verse] 
Then I drift again
another ride on a memory
the sand shifts away
my hand slips and wakes me
[Verse]
'n' now the beer is gone
But it's not like I was drinkin'
I was just too distracted 
Lettin' good memories...
sink in
[Chorus]
'n' there's a tear in my eye...
but I just don't feel like cryin'
I'm so much closer to laughter now...
than I ever felt like dyin'
[Acoustic Guitar solo]
[Bridge]
I can be anywhere
at any time of day...
And I'm surrounded by echoes
of things I heard you say...
in your whispers and your eyes smiling back at me...
as you slipped away...
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
I get up with Cody
for the long walk home
he knows I'd never leave him
'Specially now that we're alone
[Chorus/Outro]
n' there's a tear in my eye but I listen to the dreams I'm havin'
And I... 
I can hear you laughin'
I'm so much closer to laughter now...
Cause I can hear you laughin'...
Yeah I...
I can hear you laughin'...