Everybody's got to have a fucking thing

These days it's just insurance, baby

I can hear you clapping and the standing ovation

I'm trying not to cry and not to ruin my makeup

Don't you think it's time for us to get this circus started

If you aren't entertained, then just wait a couple minutes

And I promise it'll change

They say that it gets better

We're opening the curtains now

So put your hands together

Don't you think I make a pretty damn cute clown

When I cry and my makeup goes a-running down

Don't you think I make a pretty damn good joke

Don't I make you want to laugh so hard you fucking choke

I've got nothing left beneath this costume

I've got nothing left beyond this stage

And now I'm just embarrassed, you can see my depression

I'm not so good at reading all your facial expressions

I was once a harlequin, but now I'm just a pierrot

And I'm crying at the moon, and I wish that you were here, oh

God I really feel a fool

We're all supposed to smile

But God forbid I have the feelings of a crocodile

Don't you think I make a pretty damn cute clown

When I cry and my makeup goes a-running down

Don't you think I make a pretty damn good joke

Don't I make you want to laugh so hard you fucking choke

And don't you think I make a pretty damn cute clown

When I cry and my makeup goes running down

Don't you think I make a pretty damn good joke

Don't I make you want to laugh so hard you fucking choke