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Across the bridge and over the waterThere's a light in the city on all night againThere's a girl who is reading a book by the windowCovered up in a blanket and crossing her legsAnd it must be a novel with a short introductionWritten by someone who just got in her wayIn all the other villages and all the other townsThere's a circus that travels aroundThey've got a lion tamer and she makes the beasts obey herBut everywhere I go I am the clownWe're drinking at Joey's it's a bar on east 12th streetWhere some of my friends meet and sit at the barThere's a bright polished mirror behind the bottlesIt's like I'm seeing double and doing everything twiceIn all the other villages and all the other townsThere's a circus that travels aroundThey've got a lion tamer and she makes the beasts obey herBut everywhere I go I am the clownThe Chinese grocery makes their deliverySongtexteMorning comes quickly on avenue AI pass under a window where a book has been readCross over the bridge and stand on dry landIn all the other villages and all the other townsThere's a circus that travels aroundThey've got a lion tamer and she makes the beasts obey herBut everywhere I go I am the clownThey've got a lion tamer and she makes the beasts obey herBut everywhere I go and everything I doTo everyone I know I am the clown Aus Songtexte Mania