I Saw a Clown

Copyright © Barry Carter 1990/1994

FootPath Music / APRA

 

Vs 1

I saw a mountain without a summit, and a river with no-where to go.

There was a stage and nobody on it. I was an actor without a show.

Met an eagle afraid of heights, talked with an owl in broad daylight,

Gazed at a clear sky that wasnÕt blue,

And saw myself without you.

 

Vs 2

I saw a flower that wouldnÕt open, and a snowflake with nowhere to fall.

In a blazing hot summer that had no Autumn, I was the wind but no one would call.

Heard a bee that could only hum, walked in a desert that had no sun,

Woke on a mud-bridge in the morning dew

And found myself without you.

 

Bridge

And in the night when sleep wonÕt come, IÕve seen the clown that I had become.

I saw a future with no tomorrow. I was a joke, with only sorrow.

 

Vs 3

In a dream that had no vision, I met a tiger that had no stripes.

These things I saw but without recognition, as I sat by a fire that gave no light.

Heard a bell without any ring, lived in a winter that had no Spring,

I was a bird whose wings had been broken.

I saw myself without you.

 

Out Break