The Joker:Billy Myles. #13 R& and #25 on BB Hot 100 on EMBER Records in 1957. #1. The joker is what they call me..my friends say I've never seemed so gay. But if they only knew, how much I cry for you, their laughter would surely fade away. #2. The joker is always laughing as though he's the gayest guy in town. He plays a winning part, while memories crush his heart, yet he goes on laughing like a clown. BRIDGE: I tried so hard to pretend, dear, that losing you meant nothing to me. But till you're mine, once again, dear, make believe is all my life will be..(ha ha ha ha ha ha!) #3. The joker, though he seems happy, because you have found someone new..but somewhere deep inside, beneath his strange disguise, the joker is crying over you. BRIDGE: I tried so hard to pretend, dear, that losing you meant nothing to me. But till you're mine, once again, dear, make believe is all my life will be..(ha ha ha ha ha ha!) The joker, though he seems happy, because you have found someone new..but somewhere deep inside, beneath his strange disguise, the jok..er.....is crying ov..er you.....(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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