Clownin'

Now you got the style attitude so well and proper

Your etiquette's a cut above the rest

You got the kind of walk sets them heads a turnin'

My heart's burnin' yearnin' for your best

How 'bout for a while ya give this boy a tumble

Do the rhumba you know what I mean

Ya throw me a smile something to remember just one time

I'm down here on my knees

Won't you please stop your teasin'

Ya know you got no reason

To be clownin' with my heart

Can't you see what you're doin' with your recipe for ruin

Got me drownin' no it's tearin' me apart

Before I'd ever let you see me cryin'

I'd eat boiled owl, girl if I'm lyin I'm dyin' - I'm gonna walk

Well you set that choir on fire every Sunday mornin'

The way you sashay into church

All the brothers and the sisters down in that amen corner

Roll their eyes in disbelief at your short skirts

Oh man, you shook their chakras

You got their zodiacs so outta whack

It's apocalypse now and it's all your fault

I ain't runnin' scared, no I won't hide my eyes

I'm on you like a cowboy on a mail order bride

So won't you please stop your teasin'

Ya know you got no reason

To be clownin' with my heart

Can't you see what you're doin' with your recipe for ruin

Got me drownin' no it's tearin' me apart

Before I'd ever let you see me cryin'

Tar and feather me, babe, if I'm lyin I'm dyin' - I'm gonna walk

Won't you please stop your teasin'

Ya know you got no reason

To be clownin' with my heart

Can't you see what you're doin' with your recipe for ruin

Got me drownin' no it's tearin' me apart

Before I'd ever let you see me cryin'

I'd eat boiled owl, girl if I'm lyin I'm dyin' - I'm gonna walk