Why So Serious?

Oh, criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor. Respect

Look at you! What do you believe in, huh? What do you believe in?

I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

We are tonight's entertainment

How about a magic trick?

I'm gonna make this pencil disappear

You see, I'm a guy of simple taste

I enjoy dynamite and gunpowder and gasoline

You have all these rules and you think they'll save you

No, you need an ace in the hole

(Freak)

You wanna know how I got these scars?

My father was a drinker and a fiend

And one night he goes off

Crazier than usual

Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself

He doesn't like that (not one bit)

So, me watching, he takes the knife to her

Laughing while he does it

He turns to me and says (why so serious?)

Comes at me with the knife (why so serious?)

He sticks the blade in my mouth

Let's put a smile on that face

And why so serious?

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

I'm not. No, I'm not

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

This city deserves a better class of criminal

And I'm gonna give it to them

Do I really look like a guy with a plan?

You know what I am? I am a dog chasing cars

I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it

You know, I just do things

Duce a little anarchy

Come on I want you to do it, I want you to do it

You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with

If you're good at something never do it for free

(Freak)

Oh, you look nervous, is it the scars?

You want to know how I got 'em?

So I had a wife and she was

Beautiful like you

Who tells me I worry too much, who tells me I ought to smile more

Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks

One day they carve her face and we have no money

For surgeries, she can't take it

I just want to see her smile again, I just want her to know that

I don't care about the scars. So, I stick a razor in my mouth

(And do this) to myself and you know what?

She can't stand the sight of me (she leaves)

Now I see the funny side

Now I'm always smiling

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

I'm not. No, I'm not

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

This city deserves a better class of criminal

And I'm gonna give it to them

Let's put a smile on that face

Come on

Don't talk like one of them, you're not

Even if you'd like to be

To them you're just a freak like me

They need you right now

But when they don't they'll cast you out

Like a leper

You see

Their morals

Their code

It's a bad joke

I'm just ahead of the curve

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

I'm not. No, I'm not

(Look at me)

Why so serious?

(You're crazy)

This city deserves a better class of criminal

And I'm gonna give it to them