You've Got To Learn - Nina Simone

You've got to learn to show a happy face

Although you're full of misery

You mustn't show a trace of sadness

Never look for sympathy

You've got to learn although it's very hard

The way of pocketing your pride

Sometimes face humiliation

While you were burning up inside

Facing reality is often hard to do

When it seems happiness is gone

You've got to learn to hide your tears

And tell your heart life must go on

You've got to learn to leave the table

When love's no longer being served

To show everybody that you're able

To leave without saying a word

You've got to learn to hide your sorrow

And go on living as before

What good is thinking of tomorrow

Who knows what it may have in store

You've got to learn to be much stronger

At times your head must rule your heart

You've got to learn from hard experience

And listen to advice

And sometimes pay the price

And learn to live with a broken heart