Darling I've been down and outnEver since you left townnI ain't been the same no matter how I trynSometimes we don't get to choosenThe ones who wear these walking shoesnI'm just a poor boy with the bluesnNo I ain't nothin' newnnI'm gonna fill this whiskey cupnAnd I'm gonna pick me some banjo upnI'm gonna play with the tragediesnSinging good time harmoniesnB Wright don't you let me downnPlay that one called sad clownnYou know that ones about menI've been thinking about leaving townnnWell sunshine she came out todaynAnd it don't matter anywaysnCause I still see the water nThat's drippin' down my doornI used to hear the children playnI used to hear the birds singnOne day they just stoppednI don't hear them anymorennI'm gonna fill this whiskey cupnAnd I'm gonna pick me some banjo upnI'm gonna play with the tragediesnSinging good time harmoniesnB Wright don't you let me downnPlay that one called sad clownnYou know that ones about menI've been thinking about leaving townnnOh and I got caught in this whistling windnDoin' my best to regret these sinsnLord would you forgive me if you know that I'm gonna do it againnIts not that I'm not sorry Lord, its just that I'm not strongnOh cause when that woman looks at me I cant remember right from wrongnnI'm gonna fill this whiskey cupnAnd I'm gonna pick me some banjo upnI'm gonna play with the tragediesnSinging good time harmoniesnB Wright don't you let me downnPlay that one called sad clownnYou know that ones about menI've been thinking about leaving townnn[Repeat: x3]nSad clown, sad clownnWatch the wheels roll aroundnTake that money into townnGo buy a drinknSad clown, sad clownnAlways with that same frownnCircus train got you down, nYou're thinking bout leaving town