Clown-Ralph McTell

[ti:Clown] [ar:Ralph McTell] [al:Streets Of London - Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Clown (小丑) - Ralph McTell [00:08.35]The lights have gone dim [00:10.13] [00:11.28]And the people are gone [00:13.58] [00:15.17]And clown goes back into his caravan [00:20.84] [00:23.21]Hangs up his smile on a hook by the door [00:29.14] [00:30.47]And lets his ragged coat slip to the floor [00:35.12] [00:38.08]With the sound of the children's laughter [00:40.84] [00:41.63]Still ringing in his ears [00:43.86] [00:45.97]Laughing cause they're happy [00:48.11] [00:49.08]They laugh to hide their fears [00:53.57]Clown loves the children [00:56.16] [00:57.09]For like him they fear [01:00.03] [01:01.00]The world does not exist tonight [01:04.36] [01:04.89]And only the circus [01:06.84] [01:09.10]Only the circus is real [01:13.83] [01:16.89]As real as the elephants that trumpet in the ring [01:19.77] [01:20.62]Real like the trapeze see it swing [01:23.86] [01:24.62]Real like the man who eats real fire [01:27.60] [01:28.54]Real like the lady on the high wire [01:33.20] [02:18.05]But the people have gone his identity gone [02:23.76] [02:25.35]Clown peeps through he window of his caravan [02:30.59] [02:33.01]From the trees on the common [02:35.51] [02:36.82]The town looks so small [02:39.29] [02:40.47]Clown puts on his coat and goes out the door [02:45.10] [02:48.36]And the distant neon lights [02:50.51] [02:51.82]They shine above the town [02:54.35] [02:55.91]"It's almost like a circus" thinks clown [03:00.92] [03:03.78]Then half with fear [03:06.53] [03:07.46]And half with delight [03:09.27] [03:11.26]Shivering shaking [03:14.92] [03:15.50]Clown stands laughing [03:17.45] [03:19.34]Clown stands laughing [03:20.81] [03:23.43]Clown is laughing at the night