Step right up - meet ‘The Joker’
the travelling clown
entertainer - bending belief
come on gather round
Out of the spotlight - he comes down
I give you ‘The Joker’
beneath the greasepaint
behind that lob-sided smile -
lost face of ‘The Joker’
so alone in the mirror
stops to stare a while -
last call for ‘The Joker’
running on empty miles
Packs his old bag - for the morning
each new hole hand-sewn
the show’s over - summer’s all done
takes his love back home
No more encores - hits the road
I give you ‘The Joker’
beneath the greasepaint
behind that lob-sided smile -
lost face of ‘The Joker’
so alone in the mirror
stops to stare a while -
last call for ‘The Joker’
running on empty miles
Welcome back - welcome home
been away - way too long -
brought my love back home
Farewell to ‘The Joker’
beyond the greasepaint
lost in a lazy smile -
no place for ‘The Joker’
feels like home in the mirror
home to stay a while -
farewell to ‘The Joker’
lost in a lazy smile
Hands
Gonna slip your fingers
one by one by one
till I break your grip
till I’m moving on
Gonna kiss my bruises
love those wounds real slow
till your colours fade
till your hurt don’t show
Sure I’m scared - but I don’t care
somebody’s looking out for me
There’s a hand to hold me
lover’s hand to set me free
life worth chasing
a face I almost see -
there’s a hand to guide me
where I’m meant to be
it’s the hand of faith
reaching out to me
Gonna touch the fingers
of a loving man
gonna bless my days
through these praying hands
Sure I’m scared - but I don’t care
somebody’s looking out for me
There’s a hand to hold me
lover’s hand to set me free
life worth chasing
a face I almost see -
there’s a hand to guide me
where I’m meant to be
it’s the hand of faith
reaching out to me
Joining hands with the one I love
say a prayer - let the love show
joining hands for the joy I got
I ain’t ever letting go
There’s a hand to hold me
lover’s hand to set me free
life worth chasing
a face I almost see -
there’s a hand to guide me
where I’m meant to be
it’s the hand of faith
reaching out to me
Funny How
Funny how an old attic photograph
drags me right back -
drops me in a place I’d wiped away
waking all the faces – unpainting old cracks
Funny how I hear your same old lines
and still I react -
even though it’s all a world away
your touch comes creeping - and works way too fast
Rushing me - flooding me
crushing all the trapdoors and corridors
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how you choke so hard
even now -
funny how – funny how
funny how I taste those broken lips
even now -
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how
Funny how you still mean so much to me
when we couldn’t last
flicked the switch on all our promises
reset the dial and rewrote the past
Rushing me - flooding me
crushing all the trapdoors and corridors
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how you choke so hard
even now -
funny how – funny how
funny how I taste those broken lips
even now -
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how
No-one’s laughing – no-one’s forgiven
sweet regret – there’s only you listening
I could fall every step
but I’m still believing
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how you choke so hard
even now -
funny how – funny how
funny how I taste those broken lips
even now -
Yeh - funny how – funny how
funny how
Funny how – funny how
even now