The Comedian
written by Elizabeth Geyer
from album 'On Patrol With The Jazz Police'
available here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/egeyer2

You don't know anymore
just how tight you hold onto the outside
and you're close enough to what I want to be
That's the part that scares me

Once upon a time
you had a crack at the clown,
they laughed and your crazy eyes
They said details, details - not
So long as it's big, I'll take any break you got

The clown was big in '52
When crazy was new
you scooped every first kiss
their first boy bore your name in '55
Right there - there's your front row for life.

But you're not your name
and you're not your fear and you're not your fame
You're just your greatest joke I fear

And when your circus comes down
do you just cast the same old show in a different town
with the same old gags that made you a star
Because they hate you from here
Are you sure they still love you from afar

But you're not your name
and you're not your fear and you're not your fame
You're just your greatest joke I fear

And your suit's too tight and your teeth too white
You're a cartoon of yourself
They may laugh and I ask you why
if your crazy eyes of 52 could have seen you

If your crazy eyes of 52 could have seen you
you're such a clown