Geoff Berner - Clown & Bard lyrics

Her Grandfather opened the trust fund in a Baltimore account But she was six months in the Paris of the Eastern Bloc By the time it ran out Oh well I met her in a filthy basement where a fat man ran the bar She said "If you're gonna drink that green stuff you've got to light it on fire." Guess she knew me pretty well Despite the question that I ducked She said "You'll like it here Prague's like Disneyland for the terminally f**ed." But it don't fool me cause I can see All this beauty's just a trap set to k** Then she grabbed my hand tight said "Let me show you the light from the top of the castle hill.' I don't know why I find leaving so hard and I'm so down hanging around at the Clown and Bard. Well the water in the river's as dirty as the cops but it shines so pretty at night But when I held her head as she puked absinthe off the Charles Bridge It was a tender and a glamorous sight We kept up the charade just as long as we could till I had to get back in the van She said "I'd like to come with ya' but I'm saving up for Baltimore as soon as I can." And I'm so down hanging around at the Clown and Bard. When I got back into town she wasn't hard to track down Though they'd moved her down a couple of floors Cold and half dead on the unmade bed trying to squeeze the speed out through her pores I offered to buy her a one-way back stateside But I cried, begged, pleaded in vain She said "I don't think that I have an urge to die. I really just can't explain" I don't know why I find leaving so hard And I'm so down hanging around at the Clown and Bard And I'm so down hanging around at the Clown and Bard