Tears Of A Clown lyrics by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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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
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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...
Yeah, I'm so sad