Class Clown

Lyrics

> He was the funniest kid in the class Always drawin' a crowd Loose with the girls, tight with the guys He was the jester of our lives When we were still in school He had a place in the world He was fearless Pushin' down the crowded street at night Fearless to look at anyone Laughin' at the timid locked up in their houses Pokin' fun at bikers in their chains He was fearless That's still the impression that remains of him Irreverent and fearless But then he went to write songs in the city All those jokes and parodies That comical wit got bored just a little bit He played with someone else's wife He broke the unspoken rule They tried to save the girl's life But it was hopeless And after that he kinda fell apart Playin' the fool for what he'd done Laughin' at the whole world, hidin' any pit Old Scratch and Jack Daniels in his veins He was heartless Then from somewhere came the lonely sound of trains And when he heard them he was homeless Hitched all the way from Canada with his good right thumb And a beard and a starving dog just like a real live bum And I met him without knowing him the other day I offered up my sacrifice and I sent him on his way And I swear the man was laughin' Laughin' in the middle of the crowded street alone Fearless to look at anyone He was laughin' at the people high up in their towers Rackin' their 'lectronic brains, mindless He turned his back on such ill-gotten gains And made for shelter 'cause he's homeless He turned his back on such ill-gotten gains And made for shelter 'cause he's homeless He is homeless << --------------- Taken directly from album liner notes: Jimmy Webb - Twilight Of The Renegades ©2005 Sanctuary Records