Smokey Robinson amp The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown lyrics
rate me<b>The Tears of a Clown</b> by <i>Smokey Robinson &amp; The Miracles</i><br />See Voice Key below.
Instrumental info featuring bassoon, flute and triangle.
SM: Oh, yeah, yeah-yeah.
Verse 1:
SM: Now, if there's a smi-ile 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.
GM: Doo doo doo-dooo./
SM: /But don't let my glad expression,
GM: Doo doo doo-dooo./
SM: /Give you-hoo the wrong impression.
SM: Really, I'm sad./
GM: /Sad, sad, sad, sad./
SM: /I'm sadder than sad./
GM: /I hurt so bad./
SM: /You're gone and I'm hurtin' so ba-ad./
GM: /I pretend to be glad./
SM: Like a clown I pretend to be gla-ad./
GM: /Sad, sad, sad, sad.
Chorus:
SM: Now there's some/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /Sad things known to ma-an,/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /But ain't/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /Too much sadder than,
The tears of a clo-own,
When there's no one arou-houn'.
Mmm-hmmm.
Oh, yeah, baby.
Verse 2:
SM: Now, if I appe-ear to be carefree,
It's only to camouflage my sadness.
In order to shield my pride I tr-eye,
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness.
GM: Doo doo doo-dooo./
SM: /But don't let my show convince you,
GM: Doo doo doo-dooo./
SM: /A-that I've been happy since you
SM: Decided to go-oh-ohh./
GM: /Why did you go?/
SM: /Oh, I need you so,/
GM: /I need you so./
SM: /I'm hurt and I want you to kno-ow,/
GM: /Want you to know./
GM: /It's just a show.
SM: Hoo-ooo-ooo-oh-ah.
Chorus:
SM: Now there's some/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /Sad things known to ma-an,/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /But ain't/ GM: /Oooo./
SM: /Too much sadder than,
The tears of a clo-own,
When there's no one arou-houn'.
Oh, yeah.
Bridge:
SM: Just like Pagliacci{{1}} did,
GM: The great pretender./
SM: I try to keep my sadness hid./
GM: /Ooo-oo-ooo-ooo./
SM: /Smiling in the public eye,
GM: The great pretender./
SM: /But in my lonely room I cry.
SM: The tears/ GM: /Ooo-ooo-oo-ooo/
SM: /Of a clo-own,
SM: When there's no one arou-houn'.
Oh, yeah, baby.
Outro:
All: Now if there's a SR: smile/ GM: /smiiiiile/
SM: /Upon my face,
GM: Doo-doo doo-doo./
SM: let my glad expression,
GM: Tears of a clown./
SM: /Give you the wrong impression.
GM: Doo-doo doo-doo./
SM: /Don't let this smile I wear,
GM: Tears of a clown./
Fade.
SM: /Make you think that I don't care.
SM: Really I'm sa-a-ad, oh,
GM: Tears of a clown./
SM: /Hurtin' so bad...
VOICE KEY:
Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with GM: denote the group members sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.
Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite
sides of the slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.
