Information: Following conventional lyric notation practice, words are broken into syllables to interpret the phrasing of the lyrics. Each word syllable in the lyrics below represents a note on the vocal part of this arrangement. A hyphen '-' or trailing hyphens following a word syllable indicates that the word syllable is extended over more than one note. ============================= Title: Tears Of A Clown Key Signature: C# Major Artist: Smokey Robinson Songwriters:Cosby/Wonder/Robinson Copyright:EMI Music Publishing.Int'l Rights Secured HR:MN:SC Total Running Time:00:03:05 ============================= INTRO . . . . . . . Oh yeah, ba-by - Now if there's a smile on my face,
It's on-ly there tryin' to fool the pub-lic,
But when it comes down to fool-in' you
Now hon-ey, that's quite a dif-ferent sub-ject
But don't let my glad ex-pres-sion
give you the wrong im-pres-sion
Real-ly I'm sad I'm sad-der than sad You're gone and
I'm hurt-in' so bad Like a clown I pre-tend to be glad
Now there's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sad-der than
- the tears - of a clown when there's no one a-round - Oh yeah, ba-by
Now if I ap-pear to be care-free, It's on-ly to cam-ou-flage
my sad-ness
And hon-ey to shield my pride - I try
to cov-er this hurt with a show of glad-ness
But don't let my show con-vince you That I've been hap-py since you
de-cid-ed to go Oh I need - you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
For oth-ers I put on a show... Ooh, - - yeah
Now there's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sad-der than
- the tears - of a clown when there's no one a-round - Oh yeah...
Just like Pag-li-ac-ci did I try to keep my sur-face hid
Smil-ing in the crowd I try But in a lone-ly room I cry
- The tears - of a clown When there's no one a-round,
- Oh yeah, ba-by
- Now if there's a smile on my face Don't let my glad ex-pres-sion
Give you the wrong im-pres-sion Don't let this smile I wear
Make you think that I don't care 'Cos real-ly I'm sad...