The Masquerade Is Over Lyrics

The first person I ever heard sing this song

I think I was 19

Her name was Stormy Winters

This is for you, Stormy

and all the things you taught me

Yeah

Your eyes

Baby they don't shine

Like they used to shine

And the thrill

Is gone when your lips meet mine

And I'm afraid the masquerade is over

It's all over, yeah

And so is love

And so is love

Your words

Baby, they don't mean

What they used to, what they used to mean

They were once so inspiring

Now they're just routine

And I'm afraid the masquerade is over

It's all over, yeah

And so is love

And so is love

Yeah, yeah

No, you want me to play Pagliacci

And get myself a clown’s disguise

And learn to laugh like Pagliacci

With tears, oh tears

Tears in my eyes

Oh you, you look

You look the same

Oh, but I know, I know, I know, I know

You’re not the same

You’re not the same

And my heart cries no, no, no, no, no, no

You’re not

You’re not the same

And I'm afraid the masquerade is over

It's all over

And so is love

And so is love

Yeah yeah, oh-whoa, oh-whoa, whoa

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah

Oh whoa, whoa

No, no, no, no

No, you want me to play Pagliacci

And get myself, myself a clown’s, a clown’s disguise

And learn to laugh like Pagliacci

Hahaha

But I want no tears

In my pretty brown eyes

Oh you look, you look, you looked

You look the same

But I know, I know

I know you’re not the same

And my heart, my heart

Cries no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

You’re not, you’re not, you’re not

You’re not the same

You’re not the same, oh

And I'm afraid this masquerade is over

Over

And so is love

And so is love

And, and so is love

You know that dress you left in my closet?

I want you to take that

And you know those shoes

That you have under my bed

I want you to take those

And take that dog with you

That ate of my shoes

And so is love

And so is love

And, and so is love

And, and so is love

Thank you Stormy