The English Beat - Tears Of A Clown

Say oh yeah baby baby
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

So don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
'Cause really I'm sad
(so sad sad)
Oh I'm sadder than sad
(so sad sad)
Well I'm hurt and I want you so bad
(so sad sad)
Like a clown I appear to be glad

Ooh yeah
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

Say oh yeah baby baby baby
Oh yeah baby baby 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
So don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
decided to go
Oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a show

Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown

Just like Pagliacci did
I'm gonna keep my surface hid
Hiding in my room I try
But in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around

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 feel that I don't care
The tears of a clown
Tears of a clown
The tears of a clown
I'm going down de town
I'm going downtown
Tears of a clown

The Selecter - Train To Skaville & The Whisper (1980)

The Whisper

I saw you coming but I ducked out the way
Down some alley that's never seen the day
The sun is shining and I'm feeling pretty bad
I've heard the rumours the gossip and spite
You wanna leave me and do what you like
Maybe you never loved me anyway

Money in my pocket and nowhere to go
Places I think of are so, so, so
Meeting people I just don't want to meet
Today don't shape up as the best I ever had
I'm out tonight looking for some bad action
But I can't get no satisfaction.

Ssh, it's just a whisper x3
It's just a quiet thing, but it don't bother me
I tell myself it is nothing to me.

I've heard the rumours the gossip and spite
You wanna leave me and do what you like
Maybe you never loved me anyway
Today don't shape up as the best I ever had
I'm out tonight looking for some bad action
But I can't get no satisfaction.

Ssh, it's just a whisper x3
It's just a quiet thing, but it don't bother me
I tell myself it is nothing to me.

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