Rodeo Clowns

Yo, what's up? This is G-love coming at you live out here from California Even though I'm Philly born and bred And I got my man Jack Johnson in the studio today We just got out the surf My man Jack, tell 'em what time it is Uh, come on Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing But here comes the music Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of soul Many people, so many problems, so many reasons To buy another round, drink it down Just another night on the town With the big man, money man, better than the other man He got the plan with the million dollar give a damn When nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man The bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing With the clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down, yeah, yeah The rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down, yeah, yeah The disco ball spinning, all the music and the women The shots of tequila, they'll say that they need ya What they really need is just a little room to breath Teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands Her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange Is that the changes occurred, and now she's just a part of the herd, yeah, yeah, yeah Man I thought that you heard, yeah, yeah The changes occurred, yeah, yeah, yeah Just a part of the herd, yeah, yeah Lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground You walk by look at him, but he can't look at you, yeah You might feel pity, but he only feels the ground, because I You understand moods but he only knows let down By the corner there's another one Reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, well You try to live, but he's done trying Not dead, but definitely dying With the rest of the clowns, yeah, yeah With the rest of the clowns, yeah, yeah (c'mon) The rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah Or pick me up when I'm down, yeah, yeah The rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah Or pick me up when I'm down, yeah, yeah Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight Nobody's romancing because it's too early for dancing But here comes the music