Lyrics

I only wanted to make you proud
Never figured on being a clown
Some kind of falling down dad
You'd cross the street to avoid

How can I, how can I explain
The scream inside that I cannot contain
That I have to satisfy with whisky and gin
Before it swallows me whole again

I can't remember which came first
Was it the scream or was it my thirst?

I've got a picture in my head
Of you asleep on your mother's breast
Your face all wrinkled like an old man
Your fate held in your tiny hands

So go ahead and find the light
Where you see wrong, make it right
And loose the chains now, set me free
Set me free from the scream

I can't remember which came first
Was it the scream or was it my thirst?

I only wanted to make you proud
Never figured on being a clown...