They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.
When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me
People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.
She may be cute, but she's just a substitute.
I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots