Laugh Clown

Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Can call me Loonette the Clown 'Cause I got Major Bedhead You can't have my number I can't f*ck more Deadheads My name is Catnip I'm the monarch of quality pantomime Whatever the reason, whatever the rhyme Never been seen at the scene of a crime So high - the circus below is a'screamin' applause and Lights blind - you can't see the tightrope I walk upon and You'll find you get all the love you've been countin' on if they Laugh, Clown. Laugh, Clown. Laugh Clown. The commedia dell'arte isn't all that funny And my nose is runny Cause it's so big and red And some of the time I wanta cut my hair Bald like Pierrot Lunaire Expressionist disconnect Some of time I think to get what's mine I merely must decline my mercurial mirth and merit They think you're dumb or think you're numb if you say You've got something to say but you don't care to share it And we're goin' down the Eisenhower A hundred miles an hour We got all the goons in the go at 11:30pm We've got Jack in the Box and Jack in the trunk and Jack on the rocks And if we slow down one bit I'm dead 'Cause I'm a penny wise but I'm a dollar short On this O that I owe the weedman And I have talked my way out of boxes I made But if this time I can't I'll be pressed like grease paint in the pan Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Ridi, pagliaccio Can call me Loonette the Clown Make you a ten second tidy Walk out with my Molly 'Bouta say goodnighty And, uh, when you walk out the door You'll be chucklin' 'bout The laugh clown, laugh clown, laugh clown Laugh clown