Lyrics for Smile as interpreted by skacore_dude

Smile Lyrics
When you first left me
I was wanting more.
But you were fucking that girl next door
What'd you do that for?

When you first left me
I didn't know what to say.
I'd never been on my own that way,
Just slept by myself all day.

I was so lost back then,
But with a little help from my friends
I found the light in the tunnel at the end.
And now you're calling me up on the phone
So you can have a little whine and a moan
It's only because you're feeling alone.

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile.
Yeah, it makes me smile.
At worst I feel bad for awhile
But then I just smile.
I go ahead and smile.

Whenever you see me
You say that you want me back.
And I tell you it don't mean jack,
No it dont mean jack.

I couldn't stop laughing
No I just couldn't help myself.
See you messed up my mental health
I was quite unwell.

I was so lost back then,
But with a little help from my friends
I found the light in the tunnel at the end.
But you're calling me up on the phone
Just to have a little whine and a moan
And it's only because you're feeling alone.

At first when I see you cry
Yeah, it makes me smile.
Yeah, it makes me smile.
At worst I feel bad for awhile
But then I just smile.
I go ahead and smile.

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Charly Baltimore
05-27-2006

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Just heard this song on XFM this morning & it's alright. It's about a girl who's got a guilty pleasure of seeing a guy upset (& it makes her smile). The breakup was so bad for her, now that she's over it & he's crying over something, it's like he's getting what he deserves/he's feeling hurt like she had to.

Her vocals kinda remind me of Corrine Bailey Rae (when CBR sings with a British accent) & when she raps (on another song) it's a little like Lady Soverein (if I had to compare). Really she just sounds like most young British female's when she speaks - even me sometimes.

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skullgirl99
06-14-2006

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on the chorus it goes...

at first when I see you cry
all i do is smile
all i do is smile
at first i feel bad for a while
but then i just smile
i just smile


yer!! haha (good song)

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tindap
07-05-2006

Rated -1 
Er.... You have soo much of the song wrong...


Alright so this is a song about anyone, it could be anyone.
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're like,
"Alright"
But he's saying,
"Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're like, "No not in a million years, you're nasty
please leave me alone."

Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
Man at the bar cos it was his shout,
Clocks this bird and she looks ok,
She caught him looking and she walks his way,
"alright darlin, you gonna buy us a drink then?"
"err no, but I was thinking of buying one for your friend..."

She's got no taste hand on his waste, tries to pull away but her lips on his face,
"if you insist I'll have a white wine spritzer"
"sorry love, but you ain't a pretty picture."

You can't knock 'em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think about the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"why?"
"Cos I've lost my phone".

"Oh yeah, actually yeah I'm, I'm pregnant, I'm having a baby in like 6 months so no, yeah, yeah..."

I recognise this guys way of thinking,
As he walks over her face starts sinking,
She's like,
"oh here we go.."
It's a routine check that she already knows, she's thinking they're all the same.

"yeah, you alright baby? You look alright still, yeah what's your name?"
She looks in her bag, takes out a fag, tries to get away from the guy on a blag,
can't find a light,
"here, use mine"
"you see the thing is I just don't have the time."

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

Go away now, let me go,
Are you stupid? Or just a little slow?
"Please fuck off"
Go away now I've made myself clear,
I don't think so,
Nah it's not gonna happen,
Not in a million years,

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

"Aw, No, i gotta go, my house is on fire.",
"I've, I've got herpes, no syphalis. Aids aids, I've got aids.",
"Yeah, I forgot my Vagisil".

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tindap
07-05-2006

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Oops.. i posted it on the wrong page... *doh*

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tindap
07-05-2006

Rated -1 
Er.... You have soo much of the song wrong...


Alright so this is a song about anyone, it could be anyone.
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're like,
"Alright"
But he's saying,
"Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're like, "No not in a million years, you're nasty
please leave me alone."

Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
Man at the bar cos it was his shout,
Clocks this bird and she looks ok,
She caught him looking and she walks his way,
"alright darlin, you gonna buy us a drink then?"
"err no, but I was thinking of buying one for your friend..."

She's got no taste hand on his waste, tries to pull away but her lips on his face,
"if you insist I'll have a white wine spritzer"
"sorry love, but you ain't a pretty picture."

You can't knock 'em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think about the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"why?"
"Cos I've lost my phone".

"Oh yeah, actually yeah I'm, I'm pregnant, I'm having a baby in like 6 months so no, yeah, yeah..."

I recognise this guys way of thinking,
As he walks over her face starts sinking,
She's like,
"oh here we go.."
It's a routine check that she already knows, she's thinking they're all the same.

"yeah, you alright baby? You look alright still, yeah what's your name?"
She looks in her bag, takes out a fag, tries to get away from the guy on a blag,
can't find a light,
"here, use mine"
"you see the thing is I just don't have the time."

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

Go away now, let me go,
Are you stupid? Or just a little slow?
"Please fuck off"
Go away now I've made myself clear,
I don't think so,
Nah it's not gonna happen,
Not in a million years,

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

You can't knock em out, you can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
"Just get out my face" Just leave me alone",
"And no you can't have my number",
"Cos I've lost my phone".

"Aw, No, i gotta go, my house is on fire.",
"I've, I've got herpes, no syphalis. Aids aids, I've got aids.",
"Yeah, I forgot my Vagisil".

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captain amazo
07-09-2006

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this is not a deep song

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deankavanagh1234
07-11-2006

Rated -1 
This song and it's singer are unbelievably shallow i don't know where to begin. in regards to the lyrics i suppose i can hold my tongue but on viewing the video to this song i stand by what i said. The video advocates this lily allen paying for her ex boyfriend to be beaten up to give her some sort of sick satisfaction. No wonder modern British youth are so yobbish when they are subjected to this twat and her meaningless song. She is clearly a shallow money grabbing slag who feeds off easily manipulated adolescence's buying her shit.

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tindap
07-17-2006

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Yet slagging off people from under privaleged backrounds who have made something of their lives.. Is a good thing?

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tindap
07-17-2006

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Yet slagging off people from under privaleged backrounds who have made something of their lives.. Is a good thing?

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deankavanagh1234
07-17-2006

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I am not against people from disadvantaged backgrounds going ahead and trying to make something of themselves in this case through music. But when that fame is based on glorifying violence and the culture which keeps working class people seen as less then the middle classes then yes I will slag them off. lily allen [should using her prior knowledge of what keeps people from progressing above what society says they can achieve], attempt to use her elevated position to try and encourage others to try and not let themselves be pre-determined by society. whereas she would rather go for the cheap and easy buck and sing about her twisted interpertation of "youth culture".

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em_c
07-18-2006

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I don't think she's being shallow....I mean, yeah it's not deep, but she's just saying how she got her own back on an ex, and how it makes her happy, just cos he hurt her so much. It's nothin to do with 'youth culture' or her class if you ask me. I don't think it should be taken too seriously.

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nickyboy1981
07-22-2006

Rated -1 
lily allen from an under privalidged back ground? don't make me laugh, i thought she was keith allens daughter, she probably had more money than all of us put together before she started singing, also there's about as much chance that she wrote this song herself as there is of her claiming hardship or ever having to join the dole queue. catchy song though :)

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~bubble~
08-02-2006

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The song shallow? I dont think it is. As for lily allen, i dont know much about her, i just really love her album.

The song is about a relationship falling apart and leaving you forever feeling bitter and sad about it. This is why she wants to smile at his hardship, although she puts a front that shes over him, shes still left feeling very bitter towards him inside

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missme
08-05-2006

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seeing someone that made her unhappy sad is a guilty pleasure...& why not?

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oXmini_weaselXo
08-06-2006

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this song is soooo catchy!!!!! i love it, even though it is kinda shallow. it's about this girl who's guy cheated on her, then decided to wreck his life because he wrecked hers. i like the whole payback thing... he he he... so evill....

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HeiaVincent
08-07-2006

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This is pop music - good pop music - and last time I checked it had no obligations to mankind but to entertain. In fact, this song still manages to be original as it takes a twisted and more "girl power" approach to the break-up theme we have so often heard from other girl singers. And yes, she writes the lyrics herself while Future Cut produces.

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deankavanagh1234
08-11-2006

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in response to HeiaVincent yes the the pop industry is supposed to be entertaining. However when lily Allen chose to become a mainstream act for all the public to "ENJOY" she is also supposed to take on certain responsibilities about the message she conveys to our impressionable youth. She unlike other artists doesn't recognise this and would rather spout ludicrous bullshit about relationship breakdown and use a twisted sense of logic to link that to revenge. It's no wonder typical female teenagers are viewed by the public with such negativity when overnight success story lily allen is indoctrinating them with such negative messaging and then labelling it "ENTERTAINMENT".

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HeiaVincent
08-12-2006

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No, she has no obligations to you. Art is first and foremost supposed to be free. If you have any ideas on how females should behave, then I'd recommend you to take your ideas and implement them into something else than criticising an artist that has a clear lyrical profile.

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deankavanagh1234
08-12-2006

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I couldn't agree more HeiaVincent Lily Allen has no obligations to me but then again thats not what I originally said. If she wishes to make profits from society in the form of music sales then she certainly does have a responsibility to society regarding the message she conveys to the public.

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VIXXX
08-15-2006

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ahhh this song is so for me. i really liked some loser haha and he lead me on. it was really terrible. i felt like sh*t afterwards, so rejected and humiliated. "i was so lost back then" and i really was. and after so long of ignoring each other and being so hateful to each other he contacts me. and keeps on doing it. which just reminds me how screwedup he must be. so i dont think this girl is shallow. i know just what this song means. because i laugh now that hes feeling alone and just wants his dumb attention. now i smile =)

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hey brown bear
08-24-2006

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it's obviously a song about getting revenge on someone who has hurt you in a relationship. it's a natural human reaction to want revenge, and if you notice, the lyrics are "at first when i see you cry, it makes me smile" so... it's not forever, it's just at first, when she's trying to get over the heartache the breakup has caused her.

this song or the video isn't glorifying violence or anything like that, it's just talking about how this girl reacts to this certain situation. i'm sure a lot of girls - or boys for that matter - who have been hurt badly in a relationship can empathyze with the idea.

anyway, i love this song. very catchy. lily allen's voice is beautiful, and it's a million times better than the stuff we're getting from paris hilton and jessica simpson.

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deankavanagh1234
08-24-2006

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I do agree despite how sophisticated the human mind is, that natural desire to seek revenge when confronted by relationship breakdown is still indoctrinated in our species inherited from ancestors who saught to defend there love by any means neccessary. Discussing the effects of relationship breakdown in the form of song is great, however the average teenage mind does not interpret frank reflective devices designed to make them see themselves acting in an inapprpriate demeanour. What they see is an ameteur rap artist dabbling on video in creating unneccessary conflict therefore as media plays such an influential role in teenage life those actions are then reflected in their lives causing many social problems. As a result lily becomes adorded by many teenagers who perceive her to be speaking the reality of British youth culture when in fact the reality is she is a main contributory factor to the demise of social harmony, This in addition to her off screen conduct into alleged drug abuse only depict a very grim picture for the future of society if in fact she is considered and icon to be modelled upon.

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Prisoner.I.Was
08-26-2006

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This video glorifies violence? Look at any film, cartoon, show or even an advert on TV! Lots of stuff glorifies violence. This song is about revenge and the video just reflects that, pure and simple. Get over it.

ps. Good song.

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jade_am
09-03-2006

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the song is good to listen to when you want something you can ignore. Got a catchy beat too.

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Beniscool1989
09-04-2006

Rated -1 
this song is the worst i've ever heard. Lily allen can't sing in tune. The song has no menaing and is insulting 2 sum cultures. Lily allen might possible be the worst artist to come out of kenya in the last 25 years

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