You Killed The Clown

Draped in silk gown

She danced around

She filled this place with her smile

She was the queen

Of an Amazon dream

She made us feel for a while



Was it from spite

Or just sheer delight

You stooped so low

I wanna know

Why you killed the clown

(Yeah) You shot her down



I watch you try

Try to make that girl cry

So you could be king for just one day

And you said that her smile

Was no more than a lie

Just because she had something, something to say



Was it from spite

Or just sheer delight

You stooped so low

I wanna know

Why you killed the clown

(Yeah) You shot her down



Yeah, you, you killed the clown

You laughed as she drowned

And it was the only time I ever saw you smile

Oh Precious and few

Were the clowns we all knew

Yeah they made us feel for a while



Was it from spite

Or just sheer delight

You stooped so low

I wanna know

Why you killed the clown

(Yeah) You shot her down



Yeah, you shot her down