Clowns
[Bm2]sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[E2]turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[G2]nobodys romancing 'cause its too early for dancin
[F         [Bm]bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
[E]many people, so many problems, so many reasons
to buy another [G]round, drink it down
just another ni[F[Bm]with the big man, money man, better than the other man
[E]he got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
[G]when nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
[FChorus:
[Bm]with the clowns,[Fthey pick me up when I'm [G]down yeah-ye[E]ah
[Bm]the rodeo clowns[Fthey pick me up when I'm [G]down
                         [Bm]the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
[E]the shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya,
[G]but what they really need
[F         [Bm]teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
[E]her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
[G]symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
[Fand now she's just a part of the
[Bm]herd....yea[F[G]that you heard...ye[E]ah, yeah
the changes [Bm]occurred[Fjust a part of the [G]herd
         Bm                (n.c.)
lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground
[E]you walk by look at him, but he cant look at you, yeah
[G]you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
[F[Bm]by the corner there's another one
[E]reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, yeah
[G]you try to live but he's done trying
[Fwith the rest of the [G]clowns.....y[E]eah, yeah
[Bm]Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmmm...[FBm,  E,  G,  F[Bm2]sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[E2]turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[G2]nobody's romancing 'cause its too early for danc