Written By Jack Johnson Sweepin' the floors Open up the doors yeah Turn on the lights Gettin' ready for the night Nobody's romancin' 'Cause it's too early for dancin' But here comes the music Bright lights flashin' to cover up Your lack of soul Many people, so many problems So many reasons to buy another round drink it down Just another night on the town With the big man, money man Better than the other man He got the plan with the million dollar Give a damn But nobody understands He'll become a smaller man The bright lights keep flashing Man the women keep on dancin' With the clowns yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah The Rodeo Clowns yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah The disco ball spinning All the music and the women And the shots of tequila Man they say that they need ya But what they really need Is just a little room to breathe Teeny bopping disco queen She barely understands her dreams Of belly bu*ton rings And other kinds of things Symbolic of change But the thing that is strange Is that the changes occurred And now she's just a part of the herd yeah, yeah, yeah Man I thought that you heard yeah, yeah The changes occurred yeah, yeah, yeah She's just a part of the herd yeah, yeah Lights out shut down Late night wet ground You walk by, look at him but he can't look at you yeah You might feel pity but he only feels the ground because You understand moods But he only knows let down By the corner there's another one Reaching out a hand Coming from a broken man Well, you try to live But he's done trying Not dead but definitely dying With the rest of the clowns yeah, yeah With the rest of the clowns yeah, yeah The rodeo clowns yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah The rodeo clowns yeah, yeah, yeah Pick me up when I'm down yeah, yeah Sweeping the floors Open up the doors yeah Turn on the lights Getting ready for the night Nobody's romancing 'Cause it's too early for dancin' But here comes the music