Phil Collins - Tears Of A Clown 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
'Cause really I'm sad, sad, sad, oh I'm sadder than sad
Darling I'm hurtin and I want you so bad
Like a clown I appear to be glad ooh yeah

Well they're 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 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
'Cause I need to go, oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
For others I put on a show

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Smiling in the crowd I try
But in a lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, oh yeah, baby 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
The tears of a clown
Yeah the tears of a clown
When there's no one around
Oh baby baby





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  1. M.... ....

    Great song done by a really good singer.

  2. M.... K....

    I like this take on The MIracles classic. This song works brilliantly. Definitely in the same way You Can't Hurry Love showed from Phil back in 1982, when it hit #1

  3. A.... D....

    Absolutely terrible, borderline insulting to the origial

  4. j.... m....

    abc when smoky sings i hear violins

  5. L.... F....

    Hadn't heard this cover before...Phil did a great job!

  6. E.... K....

    Love Phil's voice but it's not a song for him!

  7. s.... ....

    nobody is smokey but phil kicked this songs ass lol, peter gabriel is no bowie but love his version of heroes

  8. m.... ....

    Is this futurama?

  9. J.... M....

    Very good cover song. A different spin on a classic song.

  10. L.... E....

    Grande Collins.

  11. r.... c....

    great one!! hes no Smokey but its good for us lovers of this song!!

  12. C.... J....

    Phil, I love your music but love, your no Smokey.  Some songs should just not be covered.

    C.... J....

    ugh please stop

    C.... J....

    Not as good as the Smoky classic, but a pretty good take on Smoky's version.

  13. T.... ....

    Great cover

  14. D.... L....

    Terrific!!! I love Phil! Of course not quite as good as Smokey though!;)

  15. D.... ....

    Phil did a collaboration with the Funk Brothers from Motown just a few years ago 2010 or 2011, I think. He recorded a lot of Motown classics in those sessions, which were also filmed for a documentary. He has always been a big Motown fan. The first Motown cover I ever heard him do was the old Supremes hit,  "Can't Hurry Love."

  16. d.... ....

    Great cover from Phil Collins.

  17. L.... G....

    Superb cover.

  18. P.... ....

    Interesting to hear his take on the song.

  19. K.... K....

    before Ninny net and youtube I would never have heard this gem,unless I was buying goldmine record collectors magazine,and then likely would have spent $25 for the single record! goddam I love the innnetz and youtboobs! glad I wasnt born in fucking 3rd world country!

  20. W.... ....

    mucho excellente' B)

  21. T.... G....

    aroud 2002 when he recorded Testify.

  22. m.... m....

    so colourful music, soak atuh jang nyieun deui musik karieu

  23. c.... ....

    I never heard this song. But it´s very good!

  24. L.... ....

    @GlupiAlbanci I found that out seconds after posting my last comment, boy do I feel like an idiot now. Yes the original version is far better than this one, funny thing is I wasn't even alive when the original came out, my mother would have been a little girl when it came out.

  25. L.... ....

    @GlupiAlbanci I thought the original was by The Miricles.

  26. A.... K....

    Wow !!! I don´t know this song...wow

  27. c.... ....

    It´s the B side of Wake up Call single (2003) from the album Testify (2002)

  28. P.... I....

    great pic!!!!!!!!

  29. P.... I....

    genial phil collins, hay que editarlo now!!!!!!!!!!!!

  30. N.... N....

    great song