Your smile’s been broken
By a hundred rainy days
You say you are going down to California

Cause the livin’ easier there
And nobody knows your name
It’s only time before they find you

Cause you just can’t name your enemies
Cause you don’t know what they’ve done
You get so strung out on their gossip
It becomes your only source of fun

And April yeah you’re doing fine
Writing down your column
In the Portland Times
Listening to the records
Of the friends you know
Trying to hear the stories
Of the truths they told

Some folks bath in winter skies
But these clouds are gonna stay a while
So try your best to show a smile
Now April...

Now it gets so dark
Down there in your basement room
Sometimes it’s days
Before the sun shines

And you get so tired there
And your bed fits like a womb
Sometimes its hard to see
The point of trying

You get that way
You wouldn’t stay alone
You won’t answer the door
You don’t pick up the phone
And the smoke turns the sky a hazy blue and those old habits they fall over you

And April yeah your doing fine
Writing down your column
In the Portland Times
Listening to the records
Of the friends you know
Trying to hear the stories
Of the truths they told

Some folks bath in winter skies
But these clouds are gonna stay a while
So try your best to show a smile
Now April...

So try your best to show a smile
Now April...

Try your best to show a smile
Now April...