Brenda Lee Lyrics
"Only When I Laugh"

(R.Maltby - D.Shire)

So, it's finally over
Had to happen but, no big deal
After all of that off again and on, what else is new.

Well I said, well, will you catch me crying
Not this kid
Will I soon forget you
I just did
Does it really hurt me
Only when I laugh.

Is my heart finally numb yet
Well, I don't think that I feel one thing
After too long of running cold and hot, and cold then hot
You simply end up blue.

So I just changed things on my mailbox, suits me fine
And since you've gone your way, I'll go mine
Does it really hurt me
Only when I laugh.

Every time I fell in love
I never fell completely
The joke is I was saving something
For a person I thought was you.

Well, I guess I was dreaming
Glad the fantasy is dead and gone
And if my mind keeps running back and forth
And back and forth
Don't take that as a clue.

It was a minor operation, I pulled through
Opened up my life and took out you
The only scars the heart that's neatly torn in half.

Does it really hurt me
Only when I laugh...