The songs of Martin H. Olsson - Part 2
As far as I can remember this was written second of the handful of pop-songish things I've made. I don't really remember anything about writing it. A very talented friend of mine, Erik Rådbo, actually tried it out (in a reworked version) with one of his bands. I don't think they played it that many times, though. Still, I really have to check with Erik if they ever made any recording - it would be really fun to put that up here. Now the only thing I have left to say is I had the idea fairly early this might work for Tom Petty.
The Death of a Clown
He was a clown in life,
in death he was still a clown.
He was known as funny Johnny
throughout most of the town.
He took farewell
by one last joke.
He stayed to hear the laughs,
then he started to choke.
Chorus:
He took a bow and walked out of the room.
The cameras had to use their super-ultra-zoom
if they wanted to catch the flash of sorrow in his eyes,
his life was a glimrin' web of wonderful lies.
And I guess in his way he was happy.
The funeral was surely a sight for a god,
at the party afterwards they used 18 kinds of mud
to throw at eachother 'til they all looked deranged.
He had said in his will how it should be arranged.
Chorus. x2, 2nd time laughing