Dancin' Clown Lyrics - Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced - 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 

©1988 Crazy Crow Music BMI 

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