DANCIN` CLOWN — текст песни (Joni Mitchell)

words and music by Joni Mitchell

No, you couldn`t call Jesse a babe in the woods
He`s just weak in self-defense
`Cause he`s so thin skinned
He can`t take a joke at his expense
"You`re a push down window," says Rowdy Yates
"I can run you up and down
Anytime I want
I can make you my dancin`--
My dancin` clown!"
You`re my dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin`
My dancin` clown
Dancin`
You`re my dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin` dancin`
My dancin` clown

Rowdy Yates is as bold as Jove--
He`s all chide and snide and bluff--
Stuck in the romantic tradition
Of acting rough and tough
"You`re always charging thru," says Jesse
Nervous, lookin` all around--
To see who`s seein` him bein` a dancin`
A dancin` clown
He`s a dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin`
A dancin` clown
Dancin`
He`s a dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin` dancin`
A dancin` clown

Cherchez la femme
Whenever love comes around
Someone`s a dancin` clown
Cherchez la femme
Whenever hearts start to pound
Someone`s a dancin` clown

Down the street comes last-word Suzie--
She`s high yellow--lookin` top nice
You hear the swoosh of jungle blades
And the crackle of northern ice
"Hot damn!" says Rowdy--lookin` up
"Yum!" says Jesse lookin` down
"How would you like to be her dancin`
Her dancin` clown?"
Be her dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin`
Her dancin` clown
Dancin`
Be her dancin` clown
Dancin` dancin` dancin`
Her dancin` clown

Cherchez la femme
Whenever love comes to town
Someone`s a dancin` clown
Cherchez la femme
Wherever hearts start to pound
Someone`s a dancin` clown