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Everybody Loves A Clown:Gary Lewis And The Playboys.
#4 in 1965.
INTRO: D F#m (x2)
#1.
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Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?
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Everybody laughs at the things I say and do.
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They all laugh when they see me comin',
G A
but you don't laugh, you just go home runnin'.
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Everybody loves a clown, so why can't you?
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A clown has feelings, too.
#2.
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I joke around at a party when you are there.
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But you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't care.
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If you wonder why this clown is cryin',
G A
look a little closer, inside I'm dyin'.
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It's not easy to be in love, you see,
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when you're a clown like me.
(INSTRUMENTAL:)
#3.
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I don't know how to say that I love you,
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cause you would smile and say, 'Tell a joke or two.'
Fm Gm
Yes, I'm a clown but I don't wanna be,
G# A#
why can't you see the other side of me?
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Guess I'll be the guy who plays the part,
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of a clown with a broken heart..
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Dreamin' of your love and not knowing where to start.
OUTRO:
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Dreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start. (x3)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Written by Tom Leslie/Gary Lewis/Leon Russell