lately i m not feeling like i used to i m hearing different stories every day i used to be someone people believed in but now they just laugh and turn the other way and just when you just when you think you ve found a friend in this town somebody goes and spreads it around now you re the town clown i couldn t stand the thought of you cheating so i liked to think that i could never tell it turns out you were down on lower broadway it turns out it was someone i knew well and just when you just when you think you know a man so well it turns out he s fooling around now you re the town clown and just when you just when you think you ve found a friend in this town somebody goes and spreads it around now you re the town clown and just when you just when you think you know a man so well that s no good s fooling around now you re the town clown you re the town clown you re the town clown