I Looked All Over Town

The Magnetic Fields · i [2004]

"I wandered in these big blue shoes

Till we had nothing left to lose

Nobody wants you when you're

A circus clown

I should know

I looked all over town



I guess folks just don't like my face

They make out like I'm some disgrace

But nothing's gonna change

This painted frown

And I know

I looked all over town



Maybe somewhere I could be free

Somewhere they won't throw rocks at me

Somewhere this crazy hair

Could be my crown

But all my life

I looked all over town



So, whistling a circus tune

I inflated one more balloon

And as I floated up

I looked straight down

And I looked all over town

One last time

I looked all over town"