See the funny little clown (1963)    (video)    (midi)

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1.  See the funny little clown, see him laughing as you walk by,

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   everybody thinks he's happy, ‘cause you never see a tear in his eye.

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    No one knows he's crying,      no one knows he's dying on the inside,

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    cause he's laughing on the outside,        mm,

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    no one knows,        no one knows.

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2.   See the funny little clown, he's hiding behind a smile,

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   they all think he's laughing, but I know he's really crying all the while.

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   How his heart is aching,         how his heart is breaking on the inside,

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    but he keeps laughing on the outside,       mm,

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    no one knows,        no one knows.

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    This funny little clown you never used to see him around

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    without his girl beside him        to love and guide him,

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    until one day his girl just walked away,

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    and to this very day he says he never loved her anyway,

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    mm, and no one knows         except for me,

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    because, you see,        I'm that funny little clown.

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    See the funny little clown.

    (orig. = capo 2nd, midi = capo 5th) (Bobby Goldsboro)