I Looked All Over Town Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ottovonbismarck 

Cover art for I Looked All Over Town lyrics by Magnetic Fields, The

I think this song is about how people can be so caught up on how people look that they never get to meet the person underneath. And that maybe there's somewhere out there for even the oddest people (like a circus clown), somewhere where people won't be mean to you for who you are ("throwing rocks" at you).