The tent is set up for tonight’s show
You’ve got a real good act planned
You think everyone will laugh, but I know
I know one who won’t

You think playing with love is fun
Juggling hearts in the palms of your hands
When it comes to talent that’s your number one
You flash a smile and all the girls swoon

But I see through your disguise
The make-up and the get-up aren’t fooling me
I know you’re one bad clown

You think it’s funny
Ha ha ha
Well I’m not laughing
Look at all of the pins strewn on the floor
They didn’t know that you planned to tear them apart
You thought you were the only one who knew the act

You think playing with love is fun
Juggling hearts in the palms of your hands
When it comes to talent that’s your number one
You flash a smile and all the girls swoon

But I see through your disguise
The make-up and the get-up aren’t fooling me
I know you’re one bad clown

Aren’t clowns supposed to make people smile and laugh?
You’re breaking all of that, leaving them crying and scared
They wanted to join your circus, but all you did was let them down
That’s all you ever do

You think playing with love is fun
Juggling hearts in the palms of your hands
When it comes to talent that’s your number one
You flash a smile and all the girls swoon

But I see through your disguise
The make-up and the get-up aren’t fooling me

Your powder is smearing
You have revealed your true self, and we can’t take it any more
The critics are raving, it spreads around
Everybody knows that you are one bad clown