The Magnetic Fields
"I Looked All Over Town"


I wandered in these big blue shoes
'Til we had nothing left to lose.
Nobody wants you when you're a circus clown
I should know
I looked all over town

I guess folks just don't like my face
They make out like I'm some disgrace.
But nothing's going to change
This painted frown
And I know
I looked all over town.

Maybe somewhere I will be free.
Somewhere they won't throw rocks at me.
Somewhere this crazy hair could be my crown.
But all my life
I looked all over town

So whistling a circus tune,
I inflated one more balloon
And as I floated up I looked straight down
And I looked all over town.
One last time,
I looked all over town.