Dm
        Sweepin' the floors, open up the doors, yeah
        G
        Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
      Bb7
        Nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
              A7
        But here comes the music

        Bright lights flashin' to cover up your lack
        Of so many people, so many problems, so many reasons
        To buy another round - drink it down - just another
        Night on the town

        With the big man, money man, better than the other man
        He got the plan with the million dollar, give a damn
        When nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
        The bright lights keep flashin' and the women keep on dancin'

                                         Dm                          A7
                          With the clowns, yeah yeah
                                                             Bb7                G
                          Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah
                          The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                          Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah

        The disco ball spinnin' - all the music and the women
        And the shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya
        What they really need
        Is just a little room to breathe

        A teeny boppin' disco queen, she barely understands
        Her dreams of belly button rings and other kinds of things
        Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange
        Is that the changes occured, and now she's just a part

                          Of the herd, yeah yeah yeah
                          Man I thought that you heard, yeah yeah
                          The changes occured, yeah yeah yeah
                          She's just a part of the herd, yeah yeah

        Lights out - shut down - late night - wet ground
        You walk by look at him, but he can't look at you, yeah
        You might feel pity, but he only feels the ground because
        You understand moods, but he only knows let down

        By the corner - there's another one
        Reachin' out a hand - comin' from a broken man
        Well, you try to live, but he's done tryin'
        Not dead, but...

                          Definitely dyin'
                          With the rest of the clowns, yeah yeah
                          Mm mm mm, mm mm mm, yeah yeah
                          With the rest of the clowns, yeah yeah
                                           *Solo*   (chorus)

                          The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                          Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah
                          The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                          Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah

        Sweepin' the floors, open up the doors, yeah
        Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
        Nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
        But here comes the music...