Rex Allen

Well they paved the road to Hollywood with promises and lies

And the men has been to once look good and girls with empty eyes

With rhinestone cowboys and wooden Indians everywhere you turn

Well I could write a book on the roads I took

And the lessons that I learned

I'd rather be a rodeo clown

Than a burnt out rhinestone cowboy in a two bit tinsel town

I'd rather help somebody up than put somebody down

I'd rather be a rodeo clown

It was nineteen sixty-six when I finally hit LA

I was living on dreams and swizzle sticks and kinda stumbling on my way

But the good Lord looks after fools and drunks and I finally found the sun

But I had only won the battle Lord the war had just begun

I'd rather be a rodeo clown

Than a burnt out rhinestone cowboy in a two bit tinsel town

I'd rather pick somebody up than kick 'em while they're down

Well I like to see you when you laugh but I love when we cry

I will tear your IOU's in half if you'll just look me in the eye

Cause truth and love and loyalty are the only things worth while

And I'd trade this whole damn town away for just one honest smile

I'd rather be a rodeo clown

Than a burnt out rhinestone cowboy in a two bit tinsel town

I'd rather make somebody laugh than make somebody frown

Lord I'd rather be a rodeo clown