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Larry Clown (Leroy Brown, Jim Croce)

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Not many people know this, but Jim Croce had an earlier version of Leroy Brown that was rejected by his producers. They suggested to him that the world wasn't ready yet for a song about a clown gone bad, so Jim changed the lyrics, and the rest was history.

Larry Clown (Leroy Brown, Jim Croce)
 
Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a clown named Larry Clown
 
Now Larry more than trouble
You see he loved the liquor store
All the downtown ladies dug his clown-suit cov-er
All the men just heard him slur
 
Chorus:
And it's bad, bad Larry Clown
The baddest clown in the whole damned town
Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog
 
Now Larry he a prank-ster
And he like his clowning clothes
And he like to wave his rubber chicken
In front of everybody's nose
He got a wa-ter squir-ting flow-er
He got a small tri-cy-cle too
He got a red bul-bous horn in his pocket for fun
He got a flipper for each shoe
 
Chorus:
And it's bad, bad Larry Clown
The baddest clown in the whole damned town
Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog
 
Now Friday 'bout a week ago
Larry with his vice...
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And oo that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
Cause Larry Clown learned a lesson
Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man
 
Chorus:
And it's bad, bad Larry Clown
The baddest clown in the whole damned town
Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog
 
Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled them off the floor
Larry cradled his big red schnozzle, said
"Barkeep, I'll have 1 more,"
 
Chorus:
And it's bad, bad Larry Clown
The baddest clown in the whole damned town
Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog
 
Chorus:
And it's bad, bad Larry Clown
The baddest clown in the whole damned town
Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog

Baddest of the clowns gone wrong
And meaner in his on-line blog



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