Everybody loves a clown de Gary Lewis & The Playboys

Everybody loves a clowngary lewis and the playboyswritten by gary lewis, snuff garrett, and leon russellpeak chart position # 4 in 1965everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?everybody laughs at the things i say and dothey all laugh when they see me comin'but you don't laugh, you just go home runnin'everybody loves a clown, so why can't you?a clown has feelings, tooi joke around at a party when you are therebut you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't careif you wonder why this clown is cryin'look a little closer, inside i'm dyin'it's not easy to be in love, you seewhen you're a clown like me'<instrumental>i don't know how to say that i love you'cause you would smile and say "tell a joke or two"yes, i'm a clown but i don't wanna bewhy can'tcha see the other side of me?guess i'll be the guy who plays the partof a clown with a broken heartdreamin' of your love and not knowing where to startdreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to startfadedreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start