Face of a Clown

(Carolyn Penick)



It's hard for me to smile I feel like crying

Yet I always manage to grin

Friends won't know the pain that I feel

Or the misery that I'm in.



Everyone thinks I'm so happy

For I smile and never frown

But looks are deceiving and nobody knows

The hurt behind the face of a clown.



I've got my pride and my tears I'll hide

Whenever you're around

You'll never, never know you hurt me so

For I have a face of a clown.



I'll try to conceal this pain that I feel

I can't let it get me down

You won't have the pleasure of knowing

The hurt behind the face of a clown.



(You won't have the pleasure of knowing)

The hurt behind the face of a clown...