[Verse 1]
Everybody loves me
They love a fat boy
They think I'm a lot of fun
Just a bundle of joy
[Pre-Chorus 1]
They don't believe
That anything could ever, ever bother me
[Chorus]
But-a they don't know (How many nights I've sat and cried)
No, no, a-they don't know, child (How much it hurt when she said goodbye)
A-they don't seem to realize
That this fat boy, hnnh, can cry (Cry, cry, cry)
This fat boy can cry
[Verse 2]
Everybody loves me
They love a fat boy
They say I'm like-a Santa Claus
With his bag full of toys
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Happy and gay
Because they've never seen me any other way
[Chorus]
But-a they don't know, hey (How many nights I've sat and cried)
I'm tellin' ya that they don't know, child (How much it hurt me when she said goodbye)
They don't seem to realize
That this fat boy, hnnh, can cry (Cry, cry, cry)
This fat boy can cry
[Bridge]
I've got to keep on smilin' (Keep on smiling)
'Cause if I ever stop (Stop!) to make a frown
All of these tears I've been savin' for years
Will come a-fallin' and a-tumblin' down (Down, down, down, down)
[Verse 3]
Everybody loves me
They love a fat boy
They think I'm a lot of fun
Just a bundle of joy
[Pre-Chorus 3]
They don't believe
That anything a-could ever, ever bother me
[Chorus]
But-a they don't know, hey (How many nights I've sat and cried)
Awww, they don't know, now, no, no (How much it hurt me when she said goodbye)
They don't seem to realize
That this fat boy, hey, can cry (Cry, cry, cry)
This fat boy can cry (Cry, cry, cry)
[Outro]
Oh, don't you know, I just shed a tear right now (Cry, cry, cry)
Everyday, child, I said don't cha know I could cry right now (Cry, cry, cry)
Somebody, please (Cry, cry, cry)