Dancin Clown Lyrics by Joni Mitchell

Dancin Clown Lyrics

    Words and music by joni mitchell

    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 down window," says rowdy yates
    "i can run you up and down
    Anytime i want
    I can make you my dancin'--
    My dancin' clown!"
    You're my dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin'
    My dancin' clown
    Dancin'
    You're my dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin' dancin'
    My dancin' 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, lookin' all around--
    To see who's seein' him bein' a dancin'
    A dancin' clown
    He's a dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin'
    A dancin' clown
    Dancin'
    He's a dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin' dancin'
    A dancin' clown

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

    Down the street comes last-word suzie--
    She's high yellow--lookin' top nice
    You hear the swoosh of jungle blades
    And the crackle of northern ice
    "hot damn!" says rowdy--lookin' up
    "yum!" says jesse lookin' down
    "how would you like to be her dancin'
    Her dancin' clown?"
    Be her dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin'
    Her dancin' clown
    Dancin'
    Be her dancin' clown
    Dancin' dancin' dancin'
    Her dancin' clown

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

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