Town Clown

Is it really only midnight?
I swore that it was two
And a slow ballerina
Turns so sweetly in Rome
As I sit here thinking of
All the places I have left to go

And I'll only ask one small thing from you
And I'll only ask this once
When you talk about me to your friends
Tell them about the girl you met
And not the one you know now
How she loved you and how she was good to you

I want to die like the girls in the movies
A virgin broadcasted for lightyears to come
On the screens of a nation who will cry for her
And say that they loved her and, though they never knew her
Remember things she did
Turn it off and it's all over

I want to be adored by everyone who sees me
To fall at my feet for no good reason I can offer you
Except that I need it
And I'll only ask one thing from you
And I'll only ask this once
When you talk about me to your friends
Tell them about the girl you met
And not the thing that I've become
How you loved me and how I was good to you
How you loved me and how I was good to you
I was good to you