The Greatest Performance of My Life Lyrics

Lyric discussion by divester 

Cover art for The Greatest Performance of My Life lyrics by Shirley Bassey

This song is one of the absolute all time greats, performed by a very classy lady who lives each word of the song as she sings.

Rejected by the man she truly loves, she holds her pain inside whilst trying to convince those around her that she's over him. She soon realises that it isn't enough to just socialise again and she parties to the extreme so that everyone believes she's having the greatest moments of her life. However, her laughs are as false as the painted face of a clown and her pain and love for the man too great.

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