I'll put on my makeup, and face the girl again tonight
I'll make it very heavy, so she won't see the tears I hide
For behind this smile, are the tears of a thousand cries
For this heart of mine is fragile now, and has heard a thousand lies
I'll smile, cause make-believe tends to ease the pain
I'll laugh, just to make the hurt go once again
For the girl is my audience, but the vows she made with such ease
Has now turned to loneliness, for now she deceives me
But the show must go on, so the big heart presents
Oh, the tears, and the clown, and the hurt, and the pain
That don't listen
Oh, here's the tears, and the clown, and the hurt, and the pain
That don't listen
I'll put on a show like never before
I'm sure I'm gonna please her
Just once more, love
And she won't ask for her lovin' back
Cause it's gonna be the best show I ever had
Ever before
The biggest line-up of superstars
Here they all are, let's have a great big applause
For the tears, and the clown
For the tears, and the clown, and the hurt, and the pain


That don't listen
Oh, here's the tears, and the clown, and the hurt, and the pain
That don't listen
We're bound to have a still-out cry
We're bound to get through the night

A standing ovation tonight
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah
Bound to hell, sell our crowd
Bound to get a standing ovation tonight
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
Bound to hell, sell our crowd
Bound to get
Bound to get