Shirley Bassey - The Joker (1968 Recording)

1968 - Shirley Bassey recorded and released this song on her 1968 album titled, 'This Is My Life'. Songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse have both written many great songs over their long careers, including songs especially for Shirley. This song is from the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd. This musical is best known for introducing the standards "A Wonderful Day Like Today", "Who Can I Turn To?", "Feeling Good", and "The Joker". Shirley has recorded most of these songs on various albums over the years.

Lyrics:
There's always a joker in the pack
There's always a lonely clown
The poor laughing fool falls on his back
And everyone laughs when he's down
There's always a funny man in the game
But he's only funny by mistake
But everyone laughs at him, just the same
They don't see his lonely heart break
They don't care as long as there is a jester, just a fool
As foolish as he can be
There's always a joker, that's a rule
But fate deals the hand and I see
The joker is me
There's always a funny man in the game
But he's only funny by mistake
But everyone laughs at him, just the same
They don't see his lonely heart break
They don't care as long as there is a jester, just a fool
As foolish as he can be
There's always a joker, that's a rule
But fate deals the hand and I see
The joker is me
The joker is me
The joker is me

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