Laughing On The Outside
Composer(s): Ben Raleigh - Bernie Wayne
Performer(s): Dinah Shore
and multiple other artists



The crowd sees me out dancing
Carefree and romancing
Happy with my someone new
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love with you

They see me night and daytime
Having such a gay time
They don't know what I go through
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love with you

No one knows it's just a pose
Pretending I'm glad we're apart
And when I cry, my eyes are dry
The tears are in my heart

My darling, can't we make up?
Ever since our breakup
Make believe is all I do
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love

I am still in love with you 

Belexes
Composer(s): Kerry Livgren
Performer(s): Kansas; Proto-Kaw



Oh, I cannot tell you to make up your mind
And gather together the best of your kind
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you've taken the bait
You've got the power it's there deep inside
Just look around and you'll know what you've tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

Look at the heads buried deep in the sand
Hiding from evil made by their own hand
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you've taken the bait
You've got the power it's there deep inside
Just look around and you'll know what you've tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

Laughing Man (In The Devil Mask)
Composer(s): Tony Iommi - Henry Rollins
Performer(s): Tony Iommi; Henry Rollins



Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

You ripped yourself to shreds
While I stood laughing
You'd like to see me pay
For the time you're having

You'll walk that line again
You'll try to die again
You'll waste your nights just thinking of me

As the needle finds the vein
As the bullet goes through the brain
As your city meets the sea
As you're drowning, think of me

Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

I am the lord of crime
The laughing man in a devil mask
I am the birth of crime
The laughing man in a devil mask
Drop to your knees again
The laughing man in a devil mask
Tie off and die again
The laughing man in a devil mask

Push the rock back up the hill
You start to feel like you're standing still
Your life lies broken for all to see
You'll hear the laughter, then you'll see me

Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

Tender flock, led astray
You always knew it would be this way
You just go now, no need to ask
You are the face behind the devil mask

The laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
I'm laughing, I'm laughing
You're burning, you're burning
The laughing man in the devil mask
The laughing man in the devil mask
Burn, burn
Burn while I'm laughing

Belda-Beast
Composer(s): Erik Braunn
Performer(s): Iron Butterfly



Size is decreasing
Under transparent purple skies
The life you’ve chased seen thru my eyes
Was distorted, filled with lies

Your hopes are bouncing in front of your eyes
As you jump to catch them floating so high

Bye, bye

A top comes a-spinning into your life
And you’ve reached a height

Threatening destruction in a way that we know too well
Sitting on the limb of love with my friends
Sitting here all alone

Life without malice can you call this bluff
And say without knowing it’s hard enough

Bye, bye

A top comes a-spinning into your life
And you’ve reached a height

Life without malice can you call this bluff
And say without knowing it’s hard enough

Bye, bye

Bye, bye

Laughing Boy
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Performer(s): Mary Wells



Laughing Boy (ha ha ha ha ha)
That's what they used to call you
Before you found a new love to take my place
(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
Laughing Boy (ha ha ha ha ha)
That's what they used to call you
You always wore a smile upon your face
(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
But as I look at you now, I know that somehow
The smile you're wearing is untrue
Laughing Boy (Laughing Boy), I think you're blue

Your new love (your new love)
She really must have hurt you
She really must have filled your heart with pain
'Cause I know you well (know you well)
And you could never fool me
I know that somehow you're not the same
(La la la la la la la la)
As I look at you now, I know that somehow
When you say you're happy, you're lying
Laughing Boy (Laughing Boy), I believe you've been crying

(La la la la la la la la)
Don't you know that it's true, I still love you
Just as much as I did before
So Laughing Boy (come on home)
Come on home, Laughing Boy (come on home)
Come on home, Laughing Boy (come on home)
And smile once more

Beira-Mar
Composer(s): Gilberto Gil; Caetano Veloso
Performer(s): Gilberto Gil



Na terra em que o mar não bate
Não bate o meu coração
O mar onde o céu flutua
Onde morre o sol e a lua
E acaba o caminho do chão
Nasci numa onda verde
Na espuma me batizei
Vim trazido numa rede
Na areia me enterrarei
Ou então nasci na palma
Palha da palma no chão
Tenho a alma de água clara
Meu braço espalhado em praia
E o mar na palma da mão
No cais, na beira do cais
Senti o meu primeiro amor
E num cais que era só um cais
Somente ao redor
Mas o mar não é todo mar
Mar que em todo mundo existe
Ou melhor, é o mar do mundo
De um certo ponto de vista
De onde só se avista o mar
A ilha de Itaparica
A Bahia é que é o cais
A praia, a beira, a espuma
E a Bahia só tem uma
Costa, clara, litoral
É por isso que o azul
Cor de minha devoção
Não qualquer azul, azul
De qualquer céu, qualquer dia
O azul de qualquer poesia
De samba tirado em vão
É o azul que agente fita
No azul do mar da Bahia
É a cor que lá principia
E que habita em meu coração

Laughing
Composer(s): Randy Bachman - Burton Cummings
First release by: The Guess Who - 1969



I should laugh, but I cry
Because your love has passed me by
You took me by surprise
You didn't realize that I was waiting

Time goes slowly but carries on
And now the best years have come and gone
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize that you were laughing

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

I go alone now, calling your name
After losing at the game
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize that you were laughing

Time goes slowly, but carries on
And now the best years, the best years have come and gone
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize, that you were laughing

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- oh, what you're doin' to me
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Oo!
Laughing -- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Laughing -- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Laughing -- well, you're laughin' at me
Laughing -- well, you're laughin' at me
Laughing -- oh, what you're doin' to me, girl
Laughing -- I'm a-lookin', you're laughin'
Laughing -- I'm a-lookin', you're laughin'
Laughing -- you're a-lookin', I'm a-laughin'
Laughing -- laughin' at me
Laughing -- ah, but you're a-laughin', baby
Laughing

Being With You
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Originally performed by: Smokey Robinson
Covered by various other artists



Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you, being with you

Honey, don't go, don't leave this scene
Be out of the picture and off of the screen
Don't let them say, "We told you so"
They tell me you'll love me and then let me go

I've heard the warning voice from friends and my relations
They tell me all about your heartbreak reputation

But I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say, no
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you, being with you

Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Woo...ooh...ooh...

People can change, they always do
Haven't they noticed the changes in you
Or can it be that like love I am blind
Do I want it so much till it's all in my mind

One thing I know for sure
Is really, really real
I've never felt before
The way you make me feel

I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say, ooh
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you being with you
Being with you, being with you

{Being with you} I don't care about anything else
{Being with you} But being with you, being with you, I wanna be with you
{Being with you} (Being with you) I don't care if they start to avoid me
{Being with you} I don't care what they do

Laugh, Laugh
((French Version: Passe, Passe Ton Chemin (by Noël Deschamps) - 1965
Composer(s): Ron Elliott
First release by: The Beau Brummels - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



I hate to say it but I told you so, don't mind my preachin' to you
I said "don't trust 'em, baby" now you know
You don't know ev'rything there is to know in school
Wouldn't believe me when I gave advice, I said that he was a tease
If you want help you better ask me now
So be sincere, convince me with a "pretty please"

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Don't think I'm bein' funny when I say you got just what you deserve
I can't help feeling you found out today
You thought you would, you could, you had a lot of nerve

Won't say I'm sorry for the things I said
I'm glad he packed up to go
You kept on braggin' he was yours instead
Found you don't know ev'rything there is to know

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Before I go I got to say one thing, don't close your ears to me
Take my advice and you find out that he 
Is just another guy who'll cause you misery
Don't say you can't get any boy to call, do be so smug or else
You'll find you can't get any boy a'tall
You'll wind up an old lady sittin' on the shelf.

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Lonely, oh so lonely 

Being Together 
Composer(s): Tony Romeo
Performer(s): David Cassidy



Us being together is always
A very big deal to me
Us taking some time from our daily routines
Only means that we care
And we wanted to share for a while
A tear or a smile
Give part of ourselves to somebody else

And our being together is always
So honest and real to me
Us both saying "Yes, I'm aware that you're there"
Goes to show how you know
When somebody loves you so

Being together is my kind of fun
Learning your ups and your downs
Is my dance in the sun
And if someone asked me
What I needed to count on
To make me as happy as I've ever been
It would be our being together again

Passe, Passe Ton Chemin
((Adapted from: Laugh, Laugh (by The Beau Brummels) - 1965))
Composer(s): Ron Elliott - Gilles Thibault
Performer(s): Noël Deschamps - 1965



Depuis des jours, tu fais les yeux doux
À cette fille, je le sais
Je n'ai rien dit et je ne suis pas fou
Je connais depuis bien longtemps ce jeu-là
Tu as bien dû t'apercevoir pourtant
Qu'elle ne regardait que moi
Alors, ne fais pas d'histoire et va-t'en
Crois-moi, il vaut mieux arrêter ce jeu-là

Passe, passe ton chemin
Je te dis ça en ami
Passe, passe ton chemin
Et va plus loin vivre ta vie

Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime, oui, c'est moi
Ton portefeuille est bourré de billets
T'as voiture neuve et costume
Tu vois que ça n'a pas marché
Avec cette fille, ça ne prend pas, ces jeux-là
Moi, dès le premier jour, je le savais
Tu ne pouvais pas gagner
Notre amour était bien trop fort pour toi
Il y a longtemps qu'il ne craint plus ces jeux-là

Passe, passe ton chemin
Je te dis ça en ami
Passe, passe ton chemin
Et va plus loin vivre ta vie

Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi

Bein' Green
Composer(s): Joe Raposo
Performer(s): Jim Henson
and various other artists



[Greetings! 
Kermit the Frog here 
and today I'd like to tell you a little bit about the color green 
Do you know what's green? 
Well I am for one thing 
You see, frogs are green, and I'm a frog 
And that means I'm green, you see?] 

It's not that easy bein' green 
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves 
When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold 
Or something much more colorful like that 

It's not easy bein' green 
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things 
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're 
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water 
Or stars in the sky 

But green's the color of Spring 
And green can be cool and friendly-like 
And green can be big like an ocean 
Or important like a mountain 
Or tall like a tree 

When green is all there is to be 
It could make you wonder why 
But why wonder, why wonder? 
I am green and it'll do fine 
It's beautiful! 
And I think it's what I want to be

Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
Composer(s): Ted Fiorito - Samuel M. Lewis - Joseph Young
Performer(s): Fred Waring
and multiple other artists



Life is a play and we all play a part
The Lover, the Dreamer, the Clown
The Dreamer and Lover are always in tears
The Clown spreads sunshine around
The life with a smile is the life worthwhile
The Clown till the curtain comes down

Even though you're only make believing
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Even though something inside is grieving
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Don't let your heart grow too mellow
Just be a real Punchinello, fellow

You're supposed to brighten up a place
And laugh, Clown, laugh!
Paint a lot of smiles around your face
And laugh, Clown, don't frown
Dressed in your best coloured humour
Be a pallietto and laugh, Clown, laugh!

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Composer(s): Sholem Secunda; Jacob Jacobs
Sammy Cahn; Saul Chaplin
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters
and various other artists



Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
And this old world seemed new to me

You're really swell, I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
All the things that you do to me

Bei mir bist du schön, please let me explain
Bei mir bist du schön means you're grand
Bei mir bist du schön, again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I've tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say you understand

Bei mir bist du schön, you've heard it all before
but let me try to explain
Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand
Bei mir bist du schön, it's such an old refrain
and yet I should explain
It means I am begging for your hand

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I've tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say that you will understand

Laugh To Keep From Crying
Composer(s): Madonna - Stephen Bray
Performer(s): Madonna



I can't lock my door
Oh, I don't have no privacy
The only thing that's mine
Is what's inside of me

When I've had enough
A little voice inside
It says you've got to be tough
You've got to take it in stride

Sometimes I am foolish
I let it get the best of me
At least I know that my mistakes
Are my responsibility
And

I just have to laugh to keep from crying
I just have to laugh to keep from crying

I don't have a dime
Oh, to buy those pretty things
But I hear all the evidence
You know it all sounds the same

But I'm still waiting
I've got my hands open wide
You know my dream isn't fading
I keep it hidden inside
Oh

I just have to laugh to keep from crying
I just have to laugh to keep from crying

I just have to laugh to keep from crying
I keep on trying

My friends don't understand
Oh, they think I've lost my mind
And I'm choking back the tears
I've got to swallow my pride

I just have to laugh to keep from crying
I just have to laugh to keep from crying

I just have to laugh, ah
La, ah
Lo, oh
La, ah 

Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schön
Composer(s): Hans Fritz Beckmann; Theo Mackeben
Performer(s): Hildegard Knef
and various other artists



Bei dir war es immer so schön 
Und es fällt mir unsagbar schwer, zu geh’n
Denn nur bei dir war ich wirklich zuhaus’
Doch der Traum, den ich hier geträumt, ist aus

Warum hast du mir denn so weh getan 
Und was fang ich ohne dich an
Bei dir war es immer so schön
Doch weil du eine andre liebst, muss ich geh’n

Nun muss alles, alles enden 
Weil ich dich nun doch verlor’
Und dass meine kleine Welt 
Wie ein Kartenhaus zerfällt, schmerzt mich sehr 

Ich steh da mit leeren Händen 
Und bin arm wie nie zuvor
Denn mein Reichtum warst nur du
Und nun frag ich mich, wozu kam ich her

Bei dir war es immer so schön 
Und es fällt mir unsagbar schwer, zu geh’n
Denn nur bei dir war ich wirklich zuhaus’
Doch der Traum, den ich hier geträumt, ist aus

Warum hast du mir denn so weh getan 
Und was fang ich ohne dich an?
Bei dir war es immer so schön
Doch weil du eine andre liebst, muss ich geh’n

Laugh At Me
Composer(s): Sonny Bono
First release by: Sonny Bono - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1965 - À La Même Heure (by Sheila)
1966 - Non Ridere Di Me (by I Ragazzi Del Sole)



Why can't I, be like any guy? 
Why do they try to make me run? 
Son of a gun, now

What do they care, about the clothes I wear? 
Why get their kicks from making fun, yeah 

This world's got a lot of space 
and if they don't like my face 
It ain't me that's going anywhere, no 

so I don't care 
Let 'em laugh at me 
If that's the fare 
I have to pay to be free 
then baby 
Laugh at me, and I'll cry for you 
and I'll pray for you 
and I'll do all the things that the man upstairs says to do 
I'll do 'em for you 
I'll do 'em 
I'll do 'em all for you 

It's gotta stop someplace 
It's gotta stop sometime 

I'll make sure that she's mine 
And maybe the next guy 
that don't wear a silk tie 
he can walk by and say "Hi" 
say, "Hi" 
instead of why 
instead of why 
instead of why babe 
instead of why 
what did I do to you 
I don't know what to do 

Behind Those Swinging Doors
Composer(s): Fleming Allan)
Performer(s): Spike Jones



T'was Saturday night in an old mining town
Jake's bar room was merry and gay
While far from the laughter a mother did wait
For Pop to come home with his pay
"What's keeping dear Father, why doesn't he come?"
The daughter exclaimed through her tears
The Mother replied, "I'm sadly afraid
Your Father has stopped for some beers"

Oh….Oh!
The doors swing in, the doors swing out
Where some pass in, and others pass out
Your Father, I fear, has his nose in the beer
Behind those swinging door-or-ors
(Hic)
Behind those swinging doors

"Oh I shall go fetch him" the daughter declared
"He shan't bring disgrace to our name"
Then straight-way she ran to the corner saloon
To save her poor Father from shame
"Dear Father, Dear Father come home with me now
The clock in the steeple strikes two" (Ding, Ding, Ding)
"Dear Mother is waiting, the rent must be paid
Don't spend all your money for brew"

Oh….Oh!
The doors swing in, the doors swing out
Where some pass in, and others pass out
Through the smoke and the haze
There stood Pop in a daze
Behind those swinging door-or-ors
(Hic)
Behind those swinging doors

Each Saturday night at the corner saloon
The miners come in with their gold
And Father blows in all his wages for gin
And Nellie blows home in the cold
"Dear Mother", she wailed, "My mission I've failed
My Father will ne'er mend his ways"
The Mother explained "We'll suffer the shame
It's always the woman who pays"

Oh….Oh!
The doors swing in, the doors swing out
Where some pass in, and others pass out
This story is told of a fool and his gold
Behind those swinging door-or-ors
(Hic – Burp)
Behind those swinging doors

À La Même Heure
((Adapted from: Laugh At Me (by Sonny Bono) - 1965))
((Italian Version: Non Ridere Di Me (by I Ragazzi Del Sole) - 1966))
Composer(s): Sonny Bono - Jacques Plante - Claude Carrère
Performer(s): Sheila - 1965



Quand tu es parti
Tous deux, on s'est promis
De penser l'un à l'autre
À la même heure

Et comme tous les soirs
Ensemble, on va pouvoir
Enfin, s'aimer de loin
À la même heure

Oui! Je pense à toi
Ne te tourmente pas
Puisque tu resteras seul
Dans mon coeur

Je te dis mes peines
Je te dis mes joies
Tu sais que je t'aime
Qu'il n'y a que toi
Oui, rien que toi!

Avant de m'endormir
Le soir, je prie pour toi
Et si je le fais
C'est que je sais
Qu'il est écrit
Que ma vie doit se faire avec toi
Et tu peux être sûr
Que jamais, jamais, je ne l'oublierai!

Et nous nous marierons
Nous aurons des enfants
Il n'y a pas de raison
Qu'il en soit autrement
Puisque nous nous aimons
Et que c'est pour la vie
Mais oui! Oui, je pense à toi!
Je pense à toi!
Je pense à toi!
Je pense à toi!
Je pense à toi mon amour! ...

Behind The Lines
Composer(s): Tony Banks; Phil Collins; Mike Rutherford
Performer(s): Phil Collins



I held the book so tightly in my hands
I saw your picture, heard you call my name
It was strange I could not look away
I had to be there, I wanted to go

You gave me no reason
you gave me no warning
But I was with you,
by your side
Give me the strength, so I can help you
And I can be strong now, they don't frighten me

It's written in the book

The sun is hotter than before
But inside it's cold, I wonder why
But if the fire within your heart can beat the storm
Well I believe we can make it right

It's time now
to show our feelings
Looking through you
your heart's empty
Whatever happened to you, you can't change it
Nowhere to run to, please, oh please don't let me down

But wait a minute I don't understand
it's getting stronger, hold my hand
Don't want to leave you I don't want to go
But I'm a' losing all control
Can't you see me I'm slipping away
I can only stay if you've the will to keep me here
Oh Lord

It's written in the book

I held the book so tightly in my hands
Saw your picture, heard you call my name
Oh, and even though we never, never touched
I keep waiting for you just the same

La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la..