Born

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears.
I was born to love.
I'm gonna learn to love without fear.

Pour me a glass of wine
Talk deep into the night.
Who knows what we'll find?

Intuition, deja vu
The Holy Ghost haunting you,
Whatever you got, I don't mind.

Put your elbows on the table.
I will listen long as I am able.
There is nowhere I'd rather be.

Secret fears, the supernatural,
Thank god for this new laughter.
Thank god the joke's on me.

We've seen the landfill rainbow,
We've seen the junkyard love.
Baby, that's no place for you and me.

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears.
I was born to love.
I'm gonna learn to love without fear.

--Linford Detweiler and Karen Bergquist (Over the Rhine)