Written and recorded in under 30 minutes. An extension of the old Johnny Cash line "I shot a man just to watch him die." Sort of.

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I killed a clown
I shot him down
He made a squeaking sound
As his body hit the ground
He made me laugh
With his last gasp
His flower squirting blood
And his red shoes twitching fast
He has become
A velvet-painted angel
Living on
A black and somber sky
He came to me
From somewhere in Mexico
Sad sad clown
With a tear in his eye
Murdered a mime
Just to hear him cry
His silence made me sick
That's why he had to die
"This is absurd"
Were his last words
As I tore out his tongue
And fed it to the birds
He has become
A velvet-painted angel
Up there with Jesus
And the poker-playing pups
Sold on a blanket
Outside the Mobil station
Where Elvis Presley gasses up