Dancin' Clown

(album: Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm - 1988)

No, you couldn't call Jesse a babe in the woods
He's just weak in self-defense
'Cause he's so thin skinned
He can't take a joke at his expense
"You're a push button window," says Rowdy Yates
"I can run you up and down
Anytime I want
I can make you my dancin'
My dancing clown!"
You're my dancing clown
Dancing dancing
My dancing clown
Dancing
You're my dancing clown
Dancing dancing dancing
My dancing clown

Rowdy Yates is as bold as Jove
He's all chide and snide and bluff
Stuck in the romantic tradition
Of acting rough and tough
"You're always charging thru," says Jesse
Nervous, looking all around
To see who's seeing him being a dancing
A dancing clown
He's a dancing clown
Dancing dancing
A dancing clown
Dancing
He's a dancing clown
Dancing dancing dancing
A dancing clown

Cherchez la femme
Whenever love comes around
Someone's a dancing clown
Cherchez la femme
Whenever hearts start to pound
Someone's a dancing clown

Down the street comes last-word Suzie
She's high yellow--looking top nice
You hear the swoosh of jungle blades
And the crackle of northern ice
"Hot damn!" says Rowdy--looking up
"Yum!" says Jesse looking down
"How would you like to be her dancing
Her dancing clown?"
Be her dancing clown
Dancing dancing
Her dancing clown
Dancing
Be her dancing clown
Dancing dancing dancing
Her dancing clown

Cherchez la femme
Whenever love comes to town
Someone's a dancing clown
Cherchez la femme
Wherever hearts start to pound
Someone's a dancing clown