When times are hard you ask for sweeter tunes

When days are tough the nights bring full saloons

But when I swing and change to minor chords

That's when the audience goes wild

Here comes the tragedy

The sound of agony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that warms serenity

People tell me they like me to smile

Bring joy and relief for a while

When all the music starts

They love the sound of tragedy

Here comes the tragedy

The death of harmony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that fights serenity

People tell me they like me to smile

Bring joy and relief for a while

Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy

I walk the stage and sing "You've got a friend"

I fight applause towards a happy end

But when I swing and change to minor chords

That's when the audience goes wild

Here comes the tragedy

The sound of agony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that warms serenity

People tell me they like me to smile

Bring joy and relief for a while

Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy

One, I'll direct your success

Two, every rule we transgress

Three, it's the drama they miss

Four, they find their spleen at the core

Five, it's the tears they adore

Six, knowing that we give them more

Here comes the tragedy

The death of harmony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that fights serenity

Here comes the tragedy

The sound of agony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that warms serenity

People tell me they like me to smile

Bring joy and relief for a while

Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy

Here comes the tragedy

The death of harmony

The tears you love to cry

The pain that fights serenity

People tell me they like me to smile

Bring joy and relief for a while

Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy