Written by: Bobby Goldsboro
#9 Jan '64 Hot 100
#3 Feb '64 Adult Contemp
See the funny little clown
See him laughing as you walk by
Everybody thinks he's happy
'Cause you never see a tear in his eye
No one knows he's crying
No one knows he's dying on the inside
'Cause he's laughing on the outside
Mmm, no one knows, no one knows
See the funny little clown
He's hiding behind a smile
They all think he's laughing
But I know he's really crying
All the while
How his heart is aching
How his heart is breaking on the inside
But he keeps laughing on the outside
Mmm, no one knows, no one knows
This funny little clown
You never used to see him around
Without his girl beside him
To love and guide him
Until one day
His girl just walked away
And to this very day he says
He never loved her anyway
Mmm, and no one knows (no one knows)
Except for me (no one knows)
Because you see (no one knows)
I'm that funny little clown
See the funny little clown
#9 Jan '64 Hot 100
#3 Feb '64 Adult Contemp
See the funny little clown
See him laughing as you walk by
Everybody thinks he's happy
'Cause you never see a tear in his eye
No one knows he's crying
No one knows he's dying on the inside
'Cause he's laughing on the outside
Mmm, no one knows, no one knows
See the funny little clown
He's hiding behind a smile
They all think he's laughing
But I know he's really crying
All the while
How his heart is aching
How his heart is breaking on the inside
But he keeps laughing on the outside
Mmm, no one knows, no one knows
This funny little clown
You never used to see him around
Without his girl beside him
To love and guide him
Until one day
His girl just walked away
And to this very day he says
He never loved her anyway
Mmm, and no one knows (no one knows)
Except for me (no one knows)
Because you see (no one knows)
I'm that funny little clown
See the funny little clown