Funny Man - Rodney Carrington

He’s got jokes & a million dollar style

A stage & a story he can make the crowd roar

Yea he sure knows how to make a man smile

He’ll put on a wig, or he’ll dance a jig

& everyone for miles

Come to sit & laugh when the funny man … Smiles

A full house tonight.

He’s got em laughing out loud

He sings them a song 'bout his crazy mom

& thanks them for coming out

When he leaves the stage his mind drifts away

To his wife & his kids & good times

When he’s all alone, the funny man … Cries

«It ain’t funny no more», says the funny man

«This life I’m longing for — is a house that’s built on sinking sand

& where’s the laughter, happy ever after?

I just don’t understand.»

There’s nothin' sadder than.

Tears of a funny man

A house in the hills, a 4-car parking garage

His face on the tv.

Lord it hasn’t been easy, but he’s finally at the top

But his family who loves him, they stayed in Tulsa

They visit every once in a while

Lately that’s the only time, that the funny man … Smiles

On Tuesday morning he wakes up, locks his house up tight

Aims his pickup toward that Oklahoma line.

He says, «It ain’t funny no more, I’m headed home

This life I’m longing for, The soccer games & fishin' poles

& I’ve been missin' my little boys kisses.

I finally understand.»

Through the tears that he still cries

The funny man … smiles

And the funny man drives