To prevent herself from crying

Everyone who sees you thinks you should be smiling

That girl she's so press, that girl she's so beguiling

Everyone who sees you thinks you should be happy

Thinks you should coo-coo her and start acting all sappy

But it's

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Hard to laugh when you know that she's been cheating

Had her hands around him and she's been giving it a beating

Hard to laugh when you know that she's been lying

But you've got to laugh to prevent yourself from crying

Everyone asks you why you're so serious

'Cause your woman's got a body that would make most men delirious

Yeah, she's got a body of that you're painfully aware

'Cause everytime you see yourself you want to pull out your hair

But you know it's

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— The Pursuit Of Happiness, Hard To Laugh —