Lyrics Laughing and Clowning/To Live the Past (Medley) (Live) - Bobby Womack

We all have came in contact with the blues
One time or another
Am I right or wrong about it?
Go on, B. B. King
Have you ever had the blues?
Have you ever had the blues?
Well, if you should ever
'Cause you might never
But, if you should ever get the blues?
Do this for me

Keep laughin' and clownin'
But don't let 'em, don't let 'em, don't let 'em,
Never, never, never see you cry
Do that for yourself
Keep laughin' and clownin'
But don't let 'em, don't let 'em, don't let 'em
Don't let 'em see you cry

I really have to do the part right for everybody here
Might as well say goodbye
When your mind starts lookin' for the past
The time just pass you by
I said
When your mind starts lookin' In the past like the trippin' of a child
And time just pass you by
I know when you realize
And when I said you realize all the time that you wasted uh uh uh
All you can do is cry

Run around, posing
Is being torn in two

Ladies and gentlemen how about it for Mr. Percy Mayfield
Ohh
I'mma keep laughin and clownin'
But I'm not gonna never never
Never, never, never, never
Let you see me cry
Listen to me
I'mma keep on tryin' to hide the fact that I
I gotta wear a nine
Oh