Songwriter: Marv Tarplin Warren “Pete” Moore Smokey Robinson
People say I'm the life of the party
'Cause I tell a joke or two
Although I may be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
I need you, need you
(Need you, need you)
Since you left me
If you see me with another girl
Seeming like I'm having fun
Although she may be cute
She's just a substitute
Because you're the only one
So take a good look at my face
You see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
I need you, need you
(need you, need you)
(outside)
I'm masquerading
(inside)
My hope is fading
Oh yeah, since you put me down
My smile is my makeup
I wear since my break-up with you
Baby take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
'Cause I tell a joke or two
Although I may be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
I need you, need you
(Need you, need you)
Since you left me
If you see me with another girl
Seeming like I'm having fun
Although she may be cute
She's just a substitute
Because you're the only one
So take a good look at my face
You see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
I need you, need you
(need you, need you)
(outside)
I'm masquerading
(inside)
My hope is fading
Oh yeah, since you put me down
My smile is my makeup
I wear since my break-up with you
Baby take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
- Sympathy for the Devil
- If Not for You
- It Ain’t Me Babe
- Gates of Eden
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Simple Twist of Fate
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
- All Along the Watchtower
- It’s Only Love
- She’s Leaving Home
- Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
- Make You Feel My Love
- You Won’t See Me
- Positively 4th Street
- The Tracks of My Tears
- All I Really Wanna Do
- No Face, No Name, No Number
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
- Johnny & Mary
- Sympathy for the Devil (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974)