Murray McLauchlan - Sweeping The Spotlight Away lyrics

Here's a plain simple song, without much to say For times when plain circumstance Finds me with someone whose world is all wrong So they feel like they don't have a chance It's alright to learn from the times you're a fool But it don't pay to dwell on the past Sometimes I think, I'm really a clown But there's plenty of time left for that The sun's goin' down on the midway tonight The red stripes are turning to grey But old Emmett's still out in the big top tonight Sweeping the spotlight away Here's a song for the rain on the trash can lids And the nights when there ain't much to do Here's a song for the face That it sometimes seems People always tell their troubles to You might see a trace of a greasepaint face On everyone comin' around Don't you always laugh with a tear in your eye When you laugh at a sad faced clown The sun's goin' down on the midway tonight The red stripes are turning to grey But old Emmett's still out in the big top tonight Sweeping the spotlight away Somewhere there's a child that everyone hides A prisoner that longs to be free Boys and girls in a fantasy world But I guess I'm just talkin' for me But I feel him there, behind me somewhere When the streetlights reflect in the rain The sad-faced clown with his mouth turned down Sweeping the spotlight away The sun's goin' down on the midway tonight The red stripes are turning to grey But old Emmett's still out in the big top tonight Sweeping the spotlight away