Please Ask That Clown to Stop Crying

[Intro]
Please ask that clown to stop crying

[Verse 1]
I once met a man with no legs
Who asked me to carry him to his grave
And my granddad asked us to pull the plug
His life, he said, was not ours to save
But I never heard a request so sad
That left me feeling so awfully bad
As I did one sunny day in a local park
A group of children had gathered around a table
There was ice cream, cake, a book of Aesop's fables
Balloons of all shapes and sizes floating in the air
In the center of it all sat a sad, old man
Slumped down in a folding chair
He was made up like a clown who had forgotten how to smile
This funny, old fool letting the kids down all the while
Nursing a shot of gin and a cigarette
Dwelling on slights he could not forget
And that's when the girl tugged on her mother's sleeve

[Chorus]
Please ask that clown to stop crying
Doesn't he know I'm turning seven?
All the kids I know are here, staring at his tears
Please ask that clown to stop crying

[Verse 2]
I agreed with the little girl
But I could only sit and stare
At the melting ice cream
And the sour children's glares
Eventually, I put on my red nose
Picked up my little girl
And I proposed that I get up
And put on a funny circus show

[Bridge]

[Chorus]
Please ask that clown to stop crying
Doesn't he know I'm turning seven?
All the kids I know are here, turning joy into fear
Please ask that clown to stop crying