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He didn't mind other people laughing at him, made it that much easier to poke fun at them Talk about how they look, imitate how they talk Zing the nerds carrying their school books, tease the girls about their Lolita walk He was the class clown, no doubt about it ... hands down Always had a smile on his face, but inside, his heart wore a frown Going home after school was the saddest thing to do His father's drinking drove his mother to commit suicide when he was only a youth Today, he might get the crap beat out of him just because ... Tonight, his dad might be in a drunken stupor from a six-can buzz It was always easy to deal with when he would hide in the laughter Watch the funny shows on the telly, gut busting his half-empty belly He cried when he heard Jim Belushi died, he laughed when he saw John Candy's sad eyes In the mornings, he would run gleefully off to school Ready to hurl funny insults at me and you, because that's what a class clown is supposed to do I heard he went out west when he graduated, and met a woman who he fell in love with She had reminded him of his mom so much, he could always make her laugh with his rich, baritone voice Sadly, the funny man got famous ... at least for fifteen minutes or so New reports claimed it was a murder suicide, two people had died The crime scene investigators said his woman had stopped taking her meds His funny ways had lifted her from the depths of depression, she felt she didn't need those pills anymore But hidden in her mind was a split personality; the other her didn't like laughter, she was humor-free Her sinister side said kill the clown, stop those funny man sounds Plunge the knife deep, deep down Then ask him, while he's dying, who's laughing now Time for her to go and meet your mom Class clown Funniest person I ever knew, finally found laughter in his heart But died with a frown
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