The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson

The Tears of a Clown
Written by: Henry Cosby, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder


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Lyrics:
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there trying to fool the public
But when it comes down to fooling 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
Oh sadder than sad
You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad
Like a clown I pretend to be glad

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
And honey to shield my pride I try
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
Oh I need you so
I'm hurt and I want you to know
But for others I put on a show, ooh yeah

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

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
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
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you think that I don't care
When really I'm sad, I'm hurting so bad

Singers:
1. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (billboard hot 100) August 1967 2. Top of the Pops September 1970 3. Petula Clark 1971 4. Shalamar 1977 5. The Beat December 1979 6. The Merton Parkas 1979 7. Deodato 1982 8. The Flying Pickets 1984 9. The Jumblies 1984 10. Junior English 1984 11. Sugar Merchant 1986 12. Baby Tuckoo 1986 13. The Chosen Few 1991 14. Enuff Z'nuff May 2, 1994 15. La Toya Jackson 1995 16. Potshot August 1997 17. The Re-Bops 1998 18. Bertrand Burgalat Meets A.S Dragon October 2001 19. Kevin Mahogany May 2002 20. Nnenna Freelon June 11, 2002 21. Leo Sayer 2002 22. The Rocking Chairs 2002 23. Peter Cox 2004 24. proGrammar 2008 25. A Loss for Words May 11, 2010 26. Marc Cohn with Kristina Train July 20, 2010 27. Phoenix City All-Stars September 2012 28. Smokey Robinson & Sheryl Crow August 19, 2014 29. Boyzone November 21, 2014

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