You've got to learn to show a happy face
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Although you're full of misery
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You mustn't show a trace of sadness
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Never look for sympathy
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You've got to learn although it's very hard
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The way of pocketing your pride
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Sometimes face humiliation
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While you were burning up inside
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Facing reality is often hard to do
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When it seems happiness is gone
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You've got to learn to hide your tears
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And tell your heart life must go on
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You've got to learn to leave the table
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When love's no longer being served
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To show everybody that you're able
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To leave without saying a word
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You've got to learn to hide your sorrow
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And go on living as before
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What good is thinking of tomorrow
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Who knows what it may have in store
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You've got to learn to be much stronger
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At times your head must rule your heart
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You've got to learn from hard experience
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And listen to advice
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And sometimes pay the price
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And learn to live with a broken heart
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You've Got To Learn
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| Nina Simone |
