This dope-filled life has got the best of me
  Wait this can't be right
  But it's all written in black & white (black & white)

  I've been looking for the clown
  That's brought me up and dragged me down
  I've hocked my life and all my things
  For a beat up pair of broken wings
  That won't fly

  Ain't no way around it
  There ain't no way around it

  My crutch is gone my baby left me
  Took what I had to Tampa Bay
  Forget, No! I'll have my time
  Meanwhile I'm spaced out of my mind

  I've been looking for the clown
  That's brought me up and dragged me down
  I've hocked my life and all my things
  For a beat up pair of broken wings
  That won't fly

  Ain't no way around it
  There ain't no way around it

  My crutch is gone my baby left me
  Took what I had to Tampa Bay
  Forget, No! I'll have my time
  Meanwhile I'm spaced out of my mind

  I've been looking for the clown
  That's brought me up and dragged me down
  I've hocked my life and all my things
  For a beat up pair of broken wings
  That won't fly

  Ain't no way around it
  There ain't no way around it