Ode To Sad Clown

Darling I've been down and out

Ever since you left town

I ain't been the same no matter how I try

Sometimes we don't get to choose

The ones who wear these walking shoes

I'm just a poor boy with the blues

No I ain't nothin' new

I'm gonna fill this whiskey cup

And I'm gonna pick me some banjo up

I'm gonna play with the tragedies

Singing good time harmonies

B Wright don't you let me down

Play that one called sad clown

You know that ones about me

I've been thinking about leaving town

Well sunshine she came out today

And it don't matter anyways

Cause I still see the water

That's drippin' down my door

I used to hear the children play

I used to hear the birds sing

One day they just stopped

I don't hear them anymore

I'm gonna fill this whiskey cup

And I'm gonna pick me some banjo up

I'm gonna play with the tragedies

Singing good time harmonies

B Wright don't you let me down

Play that one called sad clown

You know that ones about me

I've been thinking about leaving town

Oh and I got caught in this whistling wind

Doin' my best to regret these sins

Lord would you forgive me if you know that I'm gonna do it again

Its not that I'm not sorry Lord, its just that I'm not strong

Oh cause when that woman looks at me I cant remember right from wrong

I'm gonna fill this whiskey cup

And I'm gonna pick me some banjo up

I'm gonna play with the tragedies

Singing good time harmonies

B Wright don't you let me down

Play that one called sad clown

You know that ones about me

I've been thinking about leaving town

(3x):

Sad clown, sad clown

Watch the wheels roll around

Take that money into town

Go buy a drink

Sad clown, sad clown

Always with that same frown

Circus train got you down,

You're thinking bout leaving town