Billing come runnin' through the tunnelGot a dream he's gonna change the worldGot some spray paint gonna relatePolitics on the walls of PittsburghHe sprays all night and day enrapturedWith Jung and Jesus MarxHis quest for justice words in colorsHis peace will stop all warsOh! Billy chained to the futureBilly's in his room with his gloom and a pen and a padDishes stacked in the kitchenMomma's upstairs with a man who's not his dadBilly ponders existenceThen takes a look at what he's written downPlease release me from this world of clownsDogs eat the innocent read it in cementBilly's mission closer every dayPontificate the sidewalk let them eat ReeboksMost everyone would let it all melt awayBut there's a few like him who seeThen men of power's liesA bright new road will lay to wasteTheir dark unspoken crimesOh! Billy stops on a pennyHis father's like a rock hasn't talked for seventeen yearsJulie fixes in the basementShe's got a baby they don't know what it's doin' hereBilly changes the channelAnd says a prayer to a God he hasn't foundPlease release me from this world of clownsOh! Billy shuts off the screamingIt's noisy on the block like a clock ticking off the tearsFather's face hasn't changed yetBilly tries to speak but his daddy still doesn't hearJulie, why do you do that?Momma, didn't you hold me when I was young?Please release me from this world of clowns