Trying so hard to hide this frown
I don't know what to think
I feel like a clown
Making people happy
Is what I try to do
But when a clown is sad
Nobody really cares about you
People think you're funny
And it's all a game
Clowns give their life away for others
But what they get back is not the same
I wear a mask
Upon this face of mine
Trying to hide the pain
That I feel so much of the time
I'd give my life up for my friends
But for that I know I'd get nothing in the end
So little time, so much pain
Now I understand why clowns go insane
written June 1992
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