The rest of the world is acting
like nothing on earth is wrong,
everybody goes about their business
singing their happy songs.

There are no happy songs for me
only sad ones ‘cause I’m blue,
love songs make me cry, of course
because I think of you

Don’t friends know I’m dying,
a little bit every day?
Can’t they see my pain,
though I smile it away?

I never knew I was an actress
yet I play the part so well
nobody around me really knows
I’m suffering my own hell.

It’s hard to pretend i'm happy
When I just need to cry,
No one wants the sad song
They want to hear a lie.

I’ll tell them I am over you
you’re but a distant memory,
the truth is not a happy song
but it's my only song, you see.