Rodeo Clown

Album: Freedom's Road (2007)
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  • Well there's blood on the hands of the rich politicians
    Red is the color of the sand and the sea
    Blood on the hands of a arrogant nation
    Who start all the bleeding over their policies

    So she blamed it all on whispering secrets
    She blamed it on the moon and the sky
    She thought she broke the back of the city
    She thought, she thought, she knew she had lied

    She changed directions with the gas fires burning
    Racing for protection, what could she possibly find?
    Children with no legs out on the highways crawling
    Looking for an angel but they ran out of time

    She had blood on her face so she had to get even
    She hemorrhaged and bled all over the land
    There's blood on the hands of those that kept silent
    Who won't count the bodies dead in the sand

    She changed directions with the gas fires burning
    Racing for protection, what could she possibly find?
    Children with no legs out on the highways crawling
    Looking for an angel but they ran out of time

    So you can feast on your stories but it won't stop the bleeding
    When the truth is found, the houses will surely fall down
    There's blood on their mouths of all lies and liars
    The bloody red eyes, the bloody red eyes
    The bloody red eyes, the bloody red eyes

    The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown
    The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown
    The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown
    The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown

    She changed directions with the gas fires burning
    Racing for protection, what could she possibly find?
    Children with no legs out on the highways crawling
    Looking for an angel but they ran out of time

    But there's blood in the streets from the lies and liars
    The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown

    Writer/s: JOHN MELLENCAMP
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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