[Verse 1]
You've got to learn to show a happy face
Although you're full of misery
You mustn't show a trace of sadness
And above all, don't look for sympathy
You've got to learn although it's very hard
The way of pocketing your pride
And sometimes face humiliation
While you were burning up inside

[Bridge]
Facing reality is often hard to do
When it seems happiness is gone
You've got to learn to hide your tears, child
Tell your heart life must go on

[Verse 2]
You've got to learn to leave the table
When love's no longer bеing served
To show evеrybody that you're able
To leave without saying a word
You've got to learn to hide your sorrows
Go on living just as before
Ain't no use of thinking of tomorrow
Who knows what it may have in store

[Bridge]
You've got to learn to be much stronger
At times your head must rule your heart
You've got to learn from hard experience
Listen to advice
Sometimes you've got to pay the price
And learn to live, oh Lord, with a broken heart

[Verse 3]
I said you've got to learn to leave the table
When love's no longer being served
To show all the crowds that you're able
To leave without saying a word
You've got to learn to hide your sorrows, yeah
Go on living just as before
Ain't no use of thinking of tomorrow
Just relax, who knows what it may have in store

[Outro]
You've got to learn to be much stronger
At times your head must rule your heart
You've got to learn from hard experience
You've got to listen to advice
Sometimes you might have to even pay the price
And learn to live, learn how to give
Learn to live with a deformity
When your soul's been wounded, and you got to go on anyway
And you know it ain't gonna be no better day
You've got to learn to live with a broken heart