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I'll Only Smile When You're Gone

from Ever Ahead by Joey O'Neil

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Don’t ask why I’m not smiling
I don’t ask why you’re a jerk
It’s none of your damn business
Why I’m not filled with pep and perk
I’m at this bar for my own reasons
I’m not part of your drinking crew
I’m gonna’ feel the way I’m feeling
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’m got the right to be sad right here
You didn’t pay my orthodonturey 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 none of your damn 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 feeling
And I feel like I don’t like you

I wish I could be smiling
But ignorance is bliss
And I’ve 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 Ever Ahead, released April 10, 2020

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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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