Mr. Jangles

Mr. Jangles, circus clown Sat in bar at edge of town Wore a melancholy grin As he sipped his sloe fiz gin Grease paint face for evening show Yellow wig and velvet bow Baggy pants and pointed shoes Comic Jangles loved his booze Had a fight with cousin Len Spent a year inside the Pen Found a job with Circus Browne New career as big top clown Loved to make kids laugh and whoop Riding pones through a hoop Walked on stilts and trained a bear Wearing purple underwear Heard the crowds who'd cheer and clap For this funny Bangles chap But when the big top closed its tent Back down to the bar he went Lonely clown who hides within No one sees through painted grin Jangles lights another smoke Snorts his ounce of stolen coke