My money's gone my tank is empty   This dope-filled life has got the best of me   Wait this can't be right   But it's all written in black & white (black & white)   I've been looking for the clown   That's brought me up and dragged me down   I've hocked my life and all my things   For a beat up pair of broken wings   That won't fly   Ain't no way around it   There ain't no way around it   My crutch is gone my baby left me   Took what I had to Tampa Bay   Forget, No! I'll have my time   Meanwhile I'm spaced out of my mind   I've been looking for the clown   That's brought me up and dragged me down   I've hocked my life and all my things   For a beat up pair of broken wings   That won't fly   Ain't no way around it   There ain't no way around it   My crutch is gone my baby left me   Took what I had to Tampa Bay   Forget, No! I'll have my time   Meanwhile I'm spaced out of my mind   I've been looking for the clown   That's brought me up and dragged me down   I've hocked my life and all my things   For a beat up pair of broken wings   That won't fly   Ain't no way around it   There ain't no way around it