Jack Johnson - Rodeo Clowns (Album Version)

sweeping the floors, open up the doors
yeah turn on the lights, gettin ready for tonight
nobody's romantic cuz it's too early for dancin
but here comes the music

bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
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
when nobody understands, become a smaller man
the bright lights keep flashing, and the women keep on dancing

with the clowns, yeah yeah yeah
they pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
the rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
they pick me up when i'm down

the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
and the shots of tequila, man they say that they need ya,
what they really need...is just a little room to breathe
teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
her dreams of bellybutton 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
just a part of the herd

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
cuz 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 hes done tryin
not dead, but definitely dying
with the rest of the clowns, yeah yeah
(humming)...with the rest of the clowns

sweeping the floors, open up the doors
yeah turn on the lights, gettin ready for tonight
nobody's romantic cuz it's too early for dancin
but here comes the music

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[rymeswitreason]

jj kinda sounds like hawaii would sound

[XXTheappleXX]

jason who?

[vocaloidtiger1535]

I'm 13 now and was almost caught up in my generations music, but I remember how my dad always sed to play this album when I was really young, like 5 maybe, and this was always my favorite song. Thanks to my dad, I'm a Jack Johnson fan, a hard rock fan, and a fan of real music and talent. Thanks dad :)

[BarryTucker100]

Serious grove happening here. Love the drumming.

[JN5B11]

these lyrics are fucking genius

[cameronweibling11]

@louisdebmusic lol yeah i do

[louisdebmusic]

@cameronweibling11 wait i hope you know the real lyric is a little room to breathe?

[jutback]

What happened to the old version of this song? This one sucks in comparison.

[cameronweibling11]

what they really need, is just a little bit of weed

[Kawaii522]

jack johnson makes me want to surf. all. day. long.

[chickenmichael]

@TheKatyLady1 In my opinion this song is about conformism - how everyone wants to make changes to "be cool" and "be like the others" others, but after those changes they lose individuality and become "just another part of the herd". Those are people of feeble character and vague self-esteem. This is my interpretation but I am curious of yours.

[CanadianHamburger]

@presleyp09 bruno mars sucks ass, and jason only has one song that is in jack's genre