Rodeo Clown Lyrics by Jack Johnson

Rodeo Clown

Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah

Turn on the lights, get ready for the night

Nobody's romancing cause it's too early for dancing

But here comes the music



Bright lights flashing

To cover up you

Like so many people

So many problem

So many reasons to buy

Another round, drink it down

Just another night on the town



With the big man, money man

Better than the other man

He got the plan with the million-dollar give a damn

When nobody understand, he'll become a smaller man

The bright lights keep flashing and the women keep dancing



With the clowns yeah, yeah, yeah

Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah, yeah

Rodeo clowns yeah, yeah, yeah

They pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah, yeah



The disco ball's spinning, all the music and the women

And the shots of tequila man they'll say that they need ya

What they really need, is just a little room to breathe



A teeny-bopping disco queen she barely understands

Her dreams are belly-button rings and other kinds of things

Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange is the change has occurred



And now she's just a part of the herd yeah, yeah, yeah

Man I thought you had heard yeah, yeah, yeah

The change has occurred yeah, yeah, yeah

You're just a part of the herd yeah, yeah, yeah



Lights out shut down, late night, wet ground
You walk by, look at him but he can't look at you yeah
You might feel pity but he only feels THE GROUND because
You understand MOODS but he only knows let down
By the corner there's another one,
Reaching out a hand coming from a broken man well,
You try to live but he's done tryin'
Not dead but definitely dying

With the rest of the clowns yeah, yeah


The rest of the clowns yeah, yeah

With the clowns yeah, yeah, yeah

Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah, yeah

Rodeo clowns yeah, yeah, yeah


They pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah, yeah

Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah

Turn on the lights, get ready for the night

Nobody's romancing cause it's too early for dancing

But here comes the music