People everywhere are smiling Each time I pass them by Softly, you can hear them whispering (There goes a lucky guy) There goes a lucky car He's got a brand new motorcar Happy little house to live in Very soon he'll find a wife And then the family begins But they don't know That the girl I really love Is somebody else's wife And if I only had her love That would complete my life My friends congratulate me (Hello Jimmy) For the songs that I sing But if my friends only knew you And the pain that those songs bring But they don't know My friends congratulate me (Hello Jimmy) For the songs that I sing But if my friends only knew you And the pain that those songs bring But they don't know And they can never know, no How could they know? You never know