Silly Dance of Death's Clown - Jonathan Thomas Miller

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah Now if there's a smile on my face It's only there tryin' to fool the public But when it comes down to foolin' you Now honey that's quite a different subject But don't let my glad expression Give you the wrong impression Really I'm sad, oh, sadder than sad You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad Like a clown I pretend to be glad Now there's some sad things known to man But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown When there's no one around Oh yeah, baby Now if I appear to be carefree It's only to camouflage my sadness In order to shield my pride I try To cover this hurt with a show of gladness But don't let my show convince you That I've been happy since you Decided to go, oh, I need you so I'm hurt and I want you to know But for others I put on a show Ooh, oh there's some sad things known to man But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown When there's no one around, oh yeah Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid Smiling in the public eye But in my lonely room I cry The tears of a clown When there's no one around Oh yeah, baby Now if there's a smile on my face Don't let my glad expression Give you the wrong impression Don't let this smile I wear Make you think that I don't care Really I'm sad, hurtin' so bad

Inside the pocket of a clown Is a sad place to hang around Just watching smiles turn into frowns Inside the pocket of a clown Inside the heartache of a fool You'll learn things they don't teach in school And lessons there can be real cruel Inside the heartache of a fool Hollow lies, make a thin disguise As little drops of truth fall from your eyes Hollow lies, make a thin disguise As little drops of truth fall from your eyes Inside a memory from the past Lives every love that didn't last Sweet dreams can start to fade real fast Inside a memory from the past It's a real sad place to hang around Inside the pocket of a clown