The Clown

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[Verse 1]
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What's Behind The Smile?
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Who's Behind The Mask?
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What's Behind The Painted Face,
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Whose Game's To Make Us Laugh?

[Verse 2]
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A Pair Of Diamond Eyes - Bejewel
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 A Faint Regret
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And Hanging From A Bright Red 
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Mouth, A Broken Cigarette.
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And All The People Cheered, And 
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All The People Stared.
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But When The Show Is Done And 
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Over, Who's There Left To Care?

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[Verse 3]
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Inside An Old Tin Box, You Keep 
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Your Odds And Ends.
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A Paper Flower Black Umbrella 
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Puppet For A Friend.
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And All The People Cheered, And 
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All The People Clapped.
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But When The Show Is Done And 
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Over, Who's There Left To Laugh?

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Hmm   Hmm   Hmm-mmm  Hmm

[Verse 4]
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What Do You See Behind The Looking 
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Glass?
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Who Is The Man Whose Eyes That 
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You Are Staring Back?
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When All The World's A Stage For 
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You To Entertain,
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When All The Spotlights Have Gone 
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Out, Do You Still Feel The |Same?

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[Other]
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What's Behind The Smile?
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Who's Behind The Mask?
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What's Behind The Painted Face,
      A                 B
Whose Game's To Make Us Laugh?