Only When I Laugh

(R.Maltby - D.Shire)



So, it's finally over

Had to happen but, no big deal

After all of that off again and on, what else is new.



Well I said, well, will you catch me crying

Not this kid

Will I soon forget you

I just did

Does it really hurt me

Only when I laugh.



Is my heart finally numb yet

Well, I don't think that I feel one thing

After too long of running cold and hot, and cold then hot

You simply end up blue.



So I just changed things on my mailbox, suits me fine

And since you've gone your way, I'll go mine

Does it really hurt me

Only when I laugh.



Every time I fell in love

I never fell completely

The joke is I was saving something

For a person I thought was you.



Well, I guess I was dreaming

Glad the fantasy is dead and gone

And if my mind keeps running back and forth

And back and forth

Don't take that as a clue.



It was a minor operation, I pulled through

Opened up my life and took out you

The only scars the heart that's neatly torn in half.



Does it really hurt me

Only when I laugh...