Just what kind of a clown are you, anyway?
Russ sez:
Originally a different song, we modified it to fit some of Steve's lyrics so
that we could sing, "Nyaah nyah nyah nyah nyaaaaaah!"
The guitar line started out as a sort of Mark Knopfler thing.
Steve sez:
I wrote these lyrics years ago when I "tried out" for some other band.
They didn't care much for me, or my lyrics.
So now you gotta hear 'em, because they're still not funny.
Listen:
The people that you meet as you travel 'round the world Will throw you all a curve, get you twisted up and curled You think it's just a circus 'till you see their flag unfurled Now we cannot stop the chaos into which we have been hurled A thousand clowns (I'm not laughing) Jumping up and down (I'm not laughing) They're all around (I'm not laughing) Big mouths, little sounds (I'm not laughing) They dance and play (oooooooh) Don't get in their way (oooooooh) We're forced to pay (oooooooh) That's why I say (oooooooh) I'm not laughing (oooooooh) There's nothing funny about thousands of clowns No one likes their government, it seems to be the rage They spend their money badly killing children of draft age On both sides of the curtain we're still locked into the cage If you read your history you can see on every page A thousand clowns (I'm not laughing) Jumping up and down (I'm not laughing) They're all around (I'm not laughing) Big mouths, little sounds (I'm not laughing) They dance and play (oooooooh) Don't get in their way (oooooooh) We're forced to pay (oooooooh) That's why I say (oooooooh) I'm not laughing (oooooooh) There's nothing funny about thousands of clowns Guitar Solo A thousand clowns (I'm not laughing) Jumping up and down (I'm not laughing) They're all around (I'm not laughing) Big mouths, little sounds (I'm not laughing) They dance and play (oooooooh) Don't get in their way (oooooooh) We're forced to pay (oooooooh) That's why I say (oooooooh) I'm not laughing (oooooooh) There's nothing funny about thousands of clowns 2 Times: I'm not laughing, I'm not laughing There's nothing funny about thousands of clowns
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