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I named the album even before this song came. Then the song started coming to me, as I went around my business in East Nashville in the car. I just thought about my long career, and though I'm certainly not as heroic as a rodeo clown, I sure have some dad gum persistence! It's like I crashed my Harley and I'm headed down the road on my brand new Japanese bike, damn the torpedoes!

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A Sad Clown © 2017 Julie Christensen

Now that you are grown
You might be considering a profession
You’ll be leaving home
It’s hard to admit you have some questions
I know that we’ve grown apart
But I want to tell you with my heart:
Do what you love, ‘cause you only get paid in lessons.
yeah yeah

Your mama’s a sad sad clown
How long has she been around?
There’s work to be done
And no time for her to slow down
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown

You’d think she’d have figured it out by now
And passed on the news to you
You’d think she’d have given it up somehow,
But what else is she gonna do?
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown

When I was alone
I never wondered about the ending
Lonely to the bone,
Still I had no intention of bending
They all tried to tell me who I’d be
I was building this old clown that you see
If push comes to shove,
I don't wanna be caught pretending ___
yeah yeah yeah

Your mama’s a sad sad clown
How long has she been around?
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for her to slow down
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown

There’s no joy in Mudville to be found
There’s no money in it, no reknown
No pieces to pick up off the ground
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown

Your mama’s a sad sad clown
How long has she been around?
There’s work to be done
There’s no time for her to slow down
Your mama’s just a sad sad clown

Sad Sad Clown
Sad Sad Clown

credits

from A Sad Clown, released March 16, 2018
A Sad Clown 3:41
© Julie Christensen, Stone Cupid Music BMI
guitars: Chris Tench, Sergio Webb, Julie
acoustic bass, banjo: Jeff Turmes
snare drum: Steve Latanation
backup vocal: Renée Wahl

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Julie Christensen Albuquerque, New Mexico

Julie Christensen’s story is woven into decades of Roots Music. A veteran of Leonard Cohen’s bands, she co-fronts post- punk rockers Divine Horsemen, which rebooted to release new work in 2021. While the pandemic was still going on, Julie moved from Nashville to NM and began the 2+ year process of recording "The Price We Pay for Love," out 4/14/2023 on WireBird Records. ... more

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