Artist: The Kinks Album: Individual Songs

My makeup is dry and it cracks on my chin 
I'm drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin 
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore 
The lions they won't bite and the tigers won't roar 

So let's all drink to the death of a clown 
Won't someone help me to break up this crown 
Let's all drink to the death of a clown 
Let's all drink to the death of a clown 

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor 
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore 
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees 
And frantically looking for runaway fleas 

Let's all drink to the death of a clown 
So won't someone help me to break up this crown 
Let's all drink to the death of a clown 
Let's all drink to the death of a clown 

Ah, Tom is young and Tom is bold 
Tom is as bold as the knights of old 
But whenever he gets in a bit of a jam 
There's nothing he won't do to get a harry rag 

Harry rag, harry rag 
Do anything just to get a harry rag 
And he curses himself for the life he's led 
And rolls himself a harry rag and puts himself to bed 

Ah, Tom's old ma is a dying lass 
Soon they all reckon she'll be pushing up the grass 
And her bones might ache and her skin might sag 
But still she's got the strength to have a harry rag 

Harry rag, harry rag 
Do anything just to get a harry rag 
And she curses herself for the life she's led 
And rolls herself a harry rag and puts herself to bed 

Ah, bless you tax man, bless you all 
You may take some but you never take it all 
But if I give it all, I won't feel sad 
As long as I got enough to buy a harry rag 

Harry rag, harry rag 
Do anything just to get a harry rag 
And I curse myself for the life I've led 
And roll myself a harry rag and put myself to bed 

Ah, the smart young ladies of the land 
Can't relax without a harry in their hand 
And they light one up and they boast and brag 
So content because they got a harry rag 

Harry rag, harry rag 
Do anything just to get a harry rag 
And they'll light one up and they'll boast and brag 
So content because they got a harry rag 

Heh, harry rag, harry rag 
I'll do anything just to get a harry rag 
And I curse myself for the life I've led 
And roll myself a harry rag and put myself to bed

Like the last of the good ole puffer trains
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
And I don't know where I'm going, or why I came 
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains

I'm the last of the good old renegades
All my friends are all middle class and grey
But I live in a museum, so I'm okay
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains

Like the last of the good ole choo-choo trains
Huff and puff till I blow this world away
And I'm gonna keep on rollin' till my dying day
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains

Like the last of the good ole puffer trains
I'm the last of the soot and scum brigade
And all this peaceful living is drivin' me insane
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains 
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains

A misty shadow spread its wings 
And covered all the ground 
And even though the sun was out 
The rain came pouring down 

And all the light had disappeared 
And faded in the gloom 
There was no hope, no reasoning 
This rainy day in June 

The eagle spread its mighty wings 
And pounced upon its pray 
And all the skies, so brilliant blue 
Turned suddenly to grey 

The cherished things are perishing 
And buried in their tomb 
There is no hope, no reasoning 
This rainy day in June 

And everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain 

The demon stretched its crinkled hand 
And snatched a butterfly 
The elves and gnomes were hunched in fear 
Too terrified to cry 

The reckoning was beckoning 
They're living to their doom 
There was no hope, no reasoning 
This rainy day in June 

And everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain 
Everybody felt the rain
Everybody felt the rain
Everybody felt the rain

Just sitting down by the riverside
Spreading my arms to the open wide
Now I am free and the world's at my feet
I can close my eyes

Oh love, keep me warm, keep me satisfied
Please keep me calm, keep me pacified
Now I'm content and my life is complete
I can close my eyes

Sitting by the riverside with you

I love sitting down by the riverside
Watching the water go flowing by
Oh, golly gee, it is heaven to be 
Like a willow tree

Spend my time just drinking wine while looking at the view

Suzy and Johnny were happy 
Earned enough to pay the rent 
But Johnny's mother-in-law had too much ambition 
And this made Johnny very upset 

So to keep his little mama satisfied 
He went and bought the weekly classified 
All for peace and quiet's sake 

Johnny gave up his position 
Just to please his mother-in-law 
So he left the job where he'd been all his life 
He left and turned his back on the door 

Now he's looking at the situations vacant 
Situations vacant 

Just to keep his little mama satisfied 
He went and bought the weekly classified 
All for peace and quiet's sake 

Then he had to leave the apartment 
And sought a less plush residence 
And poor Suzy and Johnny had to skimp and scrap
Just to help to pay the weekly rent 

So to keep his little mama satisfied 
He went and bought the weekly classified 
All for peace and quiet's sake 

Johnny's got no money 
Got no where to go 
Johnny's in a great big hole 
Suzy's separated
Living with her ma 
And little mama's satisfied

We are the Village Green Preservation Society 
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society 
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do 

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs. Mopp and good Old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them

We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular 
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula 
We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity 
God save little shops, china cups and virginity
We are the Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliate 
God save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards

Preserving the old ways from being abused 
Protecting the new ways for me and for you 
What more can we do 

We are the Village Green Preservation Society 
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society 
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

We are the Village Green Preservation Society 
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Village Green Preservation Society 
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
God save the Village Green

Sylvilla looked into her mirror 
Percilla looked into the washing machine 
And the drudgery of being wed 
She was so jealous of her sister 
And her liberty, and her smart young friends 
She was so jealous of her sister 

Sylvilla looked into the wardrobe 
Percilla looked into the frying pan 
And the bacon and eggs 
And the breakfast is served 
She was so jealous of her sister 
And her way of life, and her luxury flat 
She was so jealous of her sister 

She threw away her dirty dishes just to be free again 
Her women's weekly magazines just to be free again 
And put the children in the nursery just to be free again 

Percilla saw her little children 
And then decided she was better off 
Than the wayward lass that her sister had been 
No longer jealous of her sister 
So she ran round the house with her curlers on 
No longer jealous of her sister

Wonder boy, life's just begun
Turn your sorrow into wonder 
Dream alone, don't sigh, don't groan 
Life is only what you wonder
Day is as light as your brightest dreams
Night is as dark as you feel it ought to be
Time is as fast as the slowest thing
Life is only

Wonder boy
Wonder boy
Everybody's looking for the sun
People strain their eyes to see
And I see you and you see me
And ain't that wonder

Wonder boy, some mother's son
Life is full of work and plunder
Easy go, life is not real
Life is only what you conjure

Wonder boy
And the world is joy every single day
It's the real McCoy
Wonder boy
Everybody is looking for the sun
People strain their eyes to see
But I see you and you see me
And ain't that wonder

Wonder boy, some mother's son
Turn your sorrow into wonder 
Dream alone, go have your fun
Life is only
Life is only
Life is only

Girl, you really got me goin' 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' 
Yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 

Yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' 
Oh yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me, you really got me, you really got me

See, don't ever set me free 
I always wanna be by your side 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 

Yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' 
Oh yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me, you really got me, you really got me
Oh, no

See, don't ever set me free 
I always wanna be by your side 
Girl, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 

Yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'
Oh yeah, you really got me now 
You got me so I can't sleep at night 
You really got me, you really got me, you really got me