Clown-Ralph McTell

[ti:Clown] [ar:Ralph McTell] [al:My Side Of Your Window] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Clown (小丑) - Ralph McTell [00:07.61]The lights have gone dim and the people are gone [00:14.18] [00:14.87]And clown goes back into his caravan [00:19.49] [00:22.98]Hangs up his smile on a hook by the door [00:28.90] [00:30.12]And lets his ragged coat slip to the floor [00:34.29] [00:37.75]With the sound of the children's laughter [00:41.16]Still ringing in his ears [00:43.64] [00:45.62]Laughing cause they're happy [00:47.85] [00:48.91]They laugh to hide their fears [00:52.85]Clown loves the children [00:55.61] [00:56.77]For like him they fear [00:59.18] [01:00.67]The world does not exist tonight [01:03.78] [01:04.51]And only the circus [01:06.64] [01:08.87]Only the circus is real [01:13.41] [01:16.48]As real as the elephants that trumpet in the ring [01:20.25]Real like the trapeze see it swing [01:23.68] [01:24.25]Real like the man who eats real fire [01:27.38] [01:28.15]Real like the lady on the high wire [01:31.71] [02:17.31]But the people have gone his identity gone [02:23.56] [02:24.88]Clown peeps through the window of his caravan [02:31.41] [02:32.52]From the trees on the common [02:35.27] [02:36.35]The town looks so small [02:38.75] [02:40.05]Clown puts on his coat and goes out the door [02:44.64] [02:47.79]And the distant neon lights [02:50.38] [02:51.39]They shine above the town [02:53.89] [02:55.38]It's almost like a circus thinks clown [02:59.70] [03:02.85]Then half with feaz [03:05.66] [03:06.81]And half with delight [03:08.61] [03:10.64]Shivering shaking [03:14.02] [03:14.65]Clown stands laughing [03:16.36] [03:18.75]Clown stands laughing [03:20.55] [03:22.83]Clown is laughing at the night