Jack Johnson – Rodeo Clowns (Album: On and On (2003))
Intro/Chorus: Bm, F#, G, E
Bm, E, G, F# (Verses)
sweeping the floors, open up the doors, turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
nobody’s romancing ’cause its too early for dancin’, but here comes the music…
bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
many people, so many problems, 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 understands, he’ll become a smaller man
the bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing
Bm, F#, G, E (Chorus)
With the clowns, yeah, yeah, … They pick me up when I’m down yeah, yeah
The rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah… They pick me up when I’m down
the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
the shots of tequila, man they’ll say that they need ya,
but what they really need…. is just a little room to breathe
teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
her dreams of belly-button rings and other kinds of things
symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
is that the changes occurred…and now she’s just a part of the
Herd….yeah, yeah, yeah, Man I thought that you heard…yeah, yeah
The changes occurred, yeah, yeah, yeah, … Just a part of the herd
lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground
You walk by look at him, but he can’t look at you
you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
you understand moods but he only knows that
down by the corner there’s another one
reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man,
you try to live but he’s done trying…. not dead, but definitely
Dying with the rest of the clowns…..yeah, yeah
Mmm Mmm…Mmm,… with the rest of the clowns…
[solo, Repeat 1st verse]
