Tears of a Clown
Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson / Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: Make it Happen (1967)
capo IV
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| If there's a | smile | on my | face, | it's only | there trying to | fool the | public. |
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| But when it | comes down to | fooling | you, | now honey | that's quite a | different sub | ject. |
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| Don't | let my | glad ex | pression | give | you the | wrong im | pression. |
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| Really I'm | sad, | oh | sa | dder than | sad, | You're | gone and I'm | hurting so | bad, |
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| Like a | clown I | pretend to be | glad. |
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| Now there's some | sad things known to | man |
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| But ain't | too much sadder than | the tears of a | clown, When there's no one around. |
| If I appear to be carefree, It's only to camouflage my sadness. |
| in order to shield my pride I try To cover this hurt as a show of gladness. |
| But don't let my show convince you that I've been happy since you |
| Decided to go, oh I need you so, I'm hurt and I want you to know, but for others I put on a show. |
| 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. |
| Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid. |
| Smiling in the public eye, but in my lonesome room i cry - The tears of a clown |
| 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. |