Clouds roll in the scene begins With a sleepy lion’s roar Our spotlight finds a clown Up to nothing and nothing more Rushes of the moon lit waves Rewrites the lines of shore Clown had never been so close To being this close before He played the part a time or two The clown who missed his rendezvous But there is nothing up his sleeve And love becomes what you believe Starlet searching mad as hell Raging storm soaks her dress She finds him on the carousel With his white face all a mess And the shadow on his cheeks Breaks through the masquerade "I see your face is all in streaks Were you on an escapade" He played the part a time or two The clown who missed his rendezvous But there is nothing up his sleeve And love becomes what you believe I can see it in all the papers "Leading man gets lost" But then isn't all publicity Cheap at any cost Silver teardrop turns to a shower Words are whispered in her hair Close up of his squirting flower He gives it to her And proves that he still cares The matinee's getting restless They've been through this before Credits fall through their embrace Bright lights are out the door
