Released: September 16, 1975
Songwriter: Marv Tarplin Smokey Robinson Warren “Pete” Moore
Producer: Peter Asher
People say I'm the life of the party
'Cause I tell a joke or two
Although I might be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Oh I need you, need you
Since you left me if you see me with another guy
Looking like I'm having fun
Although he might be cute he's just a substitute
Because you're the permanent one
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Outside I'm masquerading
Inside my hope is fading
I'm just a clown since you put me down
My smile is my make-up I wear since my break-up with you
Baby take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Woah baby take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
'Cause I tell a joke or two
Although I might be laughing loud and hearty
Deep inside I'm blue
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Oh I need you, need you
Since you left me if you see me with another guy
Looking like I'm having fun
Although he might be cute he's just a substitute
Because you're the permanent one
So take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Outside I'm masquerading
Inside my hope is fading
I'm just a clown since you put me down
My smile is my make-up I wear since my break-up with you
Baby take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Woah baby take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
more tracks from the album
The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
- You’re No Good
- Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
- Hurt So Bad
- Love Is a Rose
- Long, Long Time
- Winter Light
- When Will I Be Loved
- It’s So Easy
- Blue Bayou
- Heat Wave
- Tracks of My Tears
- Different Drum
- Heart Like a Wheel
- All My Life
- Ooh Baby Baby
- That’ll Be the Day
- Adios
- Just One Look
- Back in the U.S.A.
- Don’t Know Much
From the albums
Linda Ronstadt popular songs
- Blue Bayou
- You’re No Good
- Don’t Know Much
- Willin’
- Tumbling Dice
- Somewhere Out There
- Long, Long Time
- When Will I Be Loved
- I Never Will Marry
- Por un amor
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- En Mi Soledad
- Icy Blue Heart
- You Can’t Treat the Wrong Man Right
- White Rhythm & Blues
- Just One Look
- My Hero
- La calandria
- Heartbreak Kind
- Walk On
- Cost of Love
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream
- Lightning Bar Blues
- Hey Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox