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Here come your pride and joy
The comic little drunk you call your boy
Making everybody smile
Who takes your pretty plan
And then becomes a disappearing man
After a little while
I saw you with your make-up running down
Now what's that all about?
You say you don't want anyone around
'Cause you're all cleaned out
You toss the empty beer,
Not really as composed as you appear
An icicle inside
Wearing clothes that clash
Wondering is this treasure, is this trash
Still trying to decide
About 5 o'clock, here comes your clown
With the front he's throwing down
But all you say is you don't want anyone around
Come not right now
There ain't nothing to dream
You don't want to think about it
I'm sorry you seem so stung
And I'm sorry you think you have to hold your tongue
When you're so pretty and smart
I'm seeing you caving in
Becoming afraid of all these men
That you've given your heart
I saw you with your make up running down
Now what's that all about
You say you don't want anyone around
'Cause you're all cleaned out
All cleaned out
All cleaned out
The comic little drunk you call your boy
Making everybody smile
Who takes your pretty plan
And then becomes a disappearing man
After a little while
Now what's that all about?
You say you don't want anyone around
'Cause you're all cleaned out
Not really as composed as you appear
An icicle inside
Wearing clothes that clash
Wondering is this treasure, is this trash
Still trying to decide
With the front he's throwing down
Come not right now
You don't want to think about it
And I'm sorry you think you have to hold your tongue
When you're so pretty and smart
I'm seeing you caving in
Becoming afraid of all these men
That you've given your heart
Now what's that all about
You say you don't want anyone around
'Cause you're all cleaned out
All cleaned out
All cleaned out
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Submitted by
petey9 On Apr 24, 2007
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Idiots the songs is about his mom and how these guys are all drunken & disapear after a while and after she has given her heart to them then they just hurt her & the clown is the guy that she is with and shes just turning elliott away along with his brothers and sisters because she doesnt want them to see her like that
do some research thats what the song is about
I really love this song.
WHOA what was i thinking
he's talking about his mom and elliott is the 'disappearing man'
First I disliked this song in a way because of the Elliott-unusulal simple guitarplaying. Howeveer the lyrics and melody is intense and pretty obviously "about his mom". "your comic little drunk" "your clown"...these self-descripitions fucking hurt! Big love Elliott!!!
"with the foot he's throwing down" i think.
i think he's talking about a single mom he knows who is struggling to find peace with a man and with herself. it's a really good
Ya, I think it's about Elliott leaving his mom to deal with his step-dad. All cleaned out i think means, kinda emotionally drained. "all out of tears to cry" kind of thing
lexito02: elliott considers himself a pop artist not a folk artist so although his songs may have a meaning that you can go research on the surface pop songs are meant for open interpretation by the masses so if you want something to research research elliott and his ideas of music he wouldn't want some argument over what the song is about to him it was music it's what he did and whatever it means to somebody is what it means to them....now...on with what i think i do agree with the idea that the clown is the guy she is with because elliott uses a clown a lot of the time to recognize a significant other of whatever sort (perhaps referring to how a guy will be a clown to get a girl?) and it is most likely about a woman who is having some relationship problems and is trying to hide it while at the same time is trying to make the best for someone else
such a beautiful song.
Yeah, this is very specifically "in your face" about the problems he had with his Mom and step-dad. He made it very clear.
pretty sure it's "there aint nothing to drink" not dream, not only because it rhymes but because...well, hello
fucking so happy to have this song now. a lot of "new moon" was newly remastered versions of muffled-sounding demos i had collected (which was great!), but this one was totally new to me, and i love it!