NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW
(Fred Rose - Mel Foree, 1945)

No one will ever know my heart is breaking
Although a million teardrops start to flow.
I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling.
I'll miss you but no one will ever know.

I'll tell them we grew tired of each other
And realize our dreams could never be.
I'll even make believe I never loved you;
Then no one will ever know the truth but me.

No one will ever know how much I'm pining
Each time the past comes back to haunt me so.
No one will ever see the tears I'm hiding.
You've hurt me but no one will ever know.

I'll tell them I've found true love with another,
That I was glad the day you set me free.
I'll even make believe I never loved you;
Then no one will ever know the truth but me.

[Recorded by Tony Bennett, Johnny Cash, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Don Gibson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Locklin, Roy Orbison, Hank Snow, The Sons of the Pioneers, Jerry Vale, Hank Williams, and many others.]