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It seemed that I just lived my life
Like a puppet strung on wire
With a painted grin and laughter thin
And stupid clown's attire

You can stand there with the others
Watch while I put on a show
But how I keep it running
I'm sure you'll never understand

For I have loved and laughed and lost
Got sidetracked by life's game
Now there's not much left to live for
Got no pennies to my name

Still every day I go to work
Those motions I go through
And I try to hide behind a smile
But the emptiness shows through

I walk the streets with shattered hopes
Full of pain and sad regrets
And if you stand and watch me
I'm a wooden marionette

Sometimes I try to love again
But my heart gets in my way
Like a silly clown with a popped balloon
I struggle every day

My tears I can't cry freely
Afraid the world will see
That my broken hearted lonliness
Will sadden my friends

There's milllions more just like me
And some of them you know
They're all just clowns assembled
watch them put on there show
Tears Of a Clown