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BIRTHDAY CLOWN
Don’t be surprised if they say to you
You’ve got every single reason just to travel through the seasons in blue
And don’t close your eyes and keep yourself at bay
From distractions and the vices, the temptations and the prices you pay
I realize I’m not the poster boy you need

At least we’re together when we’re both down on our knees
And when I get down could you hire me a birthday clown

And he can dance and sing our favourite songs, and we’ll just smile as the world spins round
If you’re my girl we can navigate this wretched world

And keep it spinning like a tilt-a-whirl, and let the music just play on and on and on
I’m like you at the best of times
Choosing poison over powder and the noise is louder than the signs

That’s just the symptoms of an overactive mind
Missing subway stops and snowflakes just tryin’ to get to work on time
Plain and simple, it ain’t that simple anymore
Lower the lifeboats when you’re standing on the shore
And when I get down could you hire me a birthday clown

And he can dance and sing our favourite songs, and we’ll just smile as the world spins round
If you’re my girl we can navigate this wretched world

And keep it spinning like a tilt-a-whirl, and let the music just play on and on and on
I know that clown, I know that clown, I know that clown, I know that clown
He used to try to bring me down/He used to follow me around/I used to follow him around
I won’t be surprised when I come to
And the whitewash flows like honey in the streets that you and I once knew
And when I get down could you hire me a birthday clown

And he can dance and sing our favourite songs, and we’ll just smile as the world spins round
If you’re my girl we can navigate this wretched world

And keep it spinning like a tilt-a-whirl, and let the music just play on and on and on

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from Jimmy & the Moon, track released November 24, 2017

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The Stephen Stanley Band Toronto, Ontario

The Stephen Stanley Band announce their new album, Before The Collapse Of The
Hive (Wolfe Island Records) will be released on November 10, 2023. It's an album
brimming with raw, unflinching urgency, steadfast observation and soul-searching storytelling
that highlights Stephen's immediate world: those he loves, and those he's lost.


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