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(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over

Composed by Allie Wrubel / Herbert Magidson
Produced & Arranged by Clarence Paul


Musicians - Funk Brothers and Stevie Wonder


In album: Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962)


Your eyes 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
And so is love, and so is love
Your love and so is love

Your words that don't mean what they used to mean
They were once inspired,
Now they're just routine
And I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love
And so is love, and so is love

Guess I'll have to play Pagliacci
And get a clown's disguise
And learn to live like Pagliacci
With tears in my eyes
You look, you look the same
You're a not the same
But my heart tells me "No, no, you're not the same"

And I'm afraid the masquerade is over, over
And so is love, and so is love
And so is love, and so is love
Yes it's all over
And so is love