Draped in silk gown

She danced around

She filled this place with her smile

She was the queen

Of an Amazon dream

She made us feel for a while

(chorus)

Was it from spite

Or just sheer delight

You stooped so low

I wanna know

WHY YOU KILLED THE CLOWN

(YEAH) YOU SHOT HER DOWN

I watch you try

Try to make that girl cry

So you could be king for just one day

And you said that her smile

Was no more than a lie

Just because she had something, something to say

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Yeah, you, you killed the clown

You laughed as she drowned

And it was the only time I ever saw you smile

Oh Precious and few

Were the clowns we all knew

Yeah they made us feel for a while

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Yeah, you shot her down.