October 24, 2009

The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes



They asked me how I knew,
my true love was true, oh.
I of course replied,
something here inside
cannot be denied.

They said someday: You'll find
all who love are blind, oh.
When your heart's on fire,
you must realize,
smoke gets in your eyes.

So I chaffed
them and I gaily laughed,
to think they could doubt my love.
Yet today
my love has flown away.
I am without my love. (without my love)

Now laughing friends deride,
tears I can not hide, oh.
So I smile and say,
when a lovely flame dies:
Smoke gets in your eyes.

3 comments:

  1. anon15sblah: is there a song more disheartening than this?????......

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  2. anon15sblah:k..i agree its not 'the' sad one...but a unique sort of simplicity is what makes this song so sad..most sad songs are predictable.....if not for this, then which one/s?

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