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I'll Only Smile When You're Gone

from Songs from the Birch Cabin by Joey O'Neil

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"I'll Only Smile When You're Gone"

Don’t ask why I’m not smiling
I don’t ask why you’re a jerk
It’s none of your damned business
Why I’m not filled with pep and perk

I’m in this bar for my own reasons
I’m not part of your drinking crew
I’m gonna feel the way I’m feelin’
And I feel like I don’t like you

I’m not your cordial cutie
Not your decorative dear
So take your company elsewhere
I got the right to be sad right here

You didn’t pay my orthadontuary dollars
For my fillings or my floss
So I’ll fill you in, you got no right to my grin
So take your sly smirk and get lost

Don’t ask why I’m not smiling
I don’t ask why you’re a fool
It’s not of your damned business
Why I’m not in a merry mood

I’m sitting alone for a reason
I’m not part of your drinking crew
I’m gonna feel the way I’m feelin’
And I feel like I don’t like you

I wish I could be smiling
But ignorance is bliss
And I got too much on my mind
To talk to you and not be pissed

If I’m making you uneasy
‘Cause a happy woman’s what you want
I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone

I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone
I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone

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from Songs from the Birch Cabin, released May 9, 2018

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Joey O'Neil Dawson, Yukon

Joey O'Neil is a critically-acclaimed Yukon folk musician bewitching audiences with hauntingly heartfelt anecdotes from a woodland life.

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