oh yeah yeah yeah
now if there’s a smile on my face
it’s only there tryin to fool the public
but when it comes down to foolin you
now honey that’s quite a different subject
but don’t let my glad expression
give you the wrong impression
really i’m sad sad sad sad sad
oh sadder than sad i’m hurt so bad
you’re gone and i’m hurtin’ so bad i pretend to be glad
like a clown i pretend to be glad sad sad sad sad
now there’s some sad things known to man
but ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown
when there’s no one around
oh yeah baby
now if i appear to be carefree
it’s only to camouflage my sadness
an effort to shield my pride ive tried
to cover this hurt with a show of gladness
but don’t let my show convince you
that i’ve been happy since you
decided to go why did you go
oh i need you so i need you so
i’m hurt and i want you to know want you to know
but for others i put on a show it’s just a show
ooh oh
there’s some sad things known to man
but ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown
when there’s no one around
oh yeah
just like pagliacci did the great pretender
i try to keep my sadness hid
smiling in the public eye the great pretender
but in my lonely room i cry the tears of a clown
when there’s no one around
oh yeah baby
now if there’s a smile on my face tears of clown
don’t let my glad expression tears of a clown
give you the wrong impression
don’t let this smile i wear tears of a clown
make you think that i don’t care
when really i’m sad tears of a clown
hurtin so bad
cryin
Artist: Smokey Robinson The Miracles
Year: 1970
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 171