Behind My Smile [German translation]

Behind my smile, I cry.

I try to laugh that lie

but any fool can see

what's wrong with me.

The dream "I do"

did not come true

and you know what

this does to you.

So I hide my tears

behind my smile.

Behind my smile, I cry

for all those wasted years,

years that were thrown away

in just a day.

I tell myself

that she'll return

but I'm a fool

ah, who'll never learn.

That's the life I leave

behind my smile.

Behind my smile, I cry

for all those wasted years,

years that were thrown away

in just a day.

I tell myself

that she'll return

but I'm a fool

who will never learn.

That's the life I leave

behind my smile.

• Artist:Paul Anka