Sweet Sunday afternoon, September's golden brown Summer always fades too soon like the laughter of a clown And shadows fill the room where sorrows come to drown Your heart's a lead balloon as you sink another one down I know it numbs the way you feel Blurs what is right and what is real And there's no love left you can steal For the joker laughs along As the jester's outsmarted The gambler tries to win back what he's lost And the sad man sings a song For the drunk and broken hearted And the fool, he never knows how much it cost Sweet Sunday afternoon, and all that can be heard Is an old familiar tune, but you've forgotten half the words And sunlight floods the room like a silent flock of birds And your heart's a red balloon, disappearing through the clouds I know it numbs the way you feel It blurs what is right and what is real There's no one here to make a deal with For the joker laughs along And the jester's outsmarted The gambler tries to win back what he's lost Yeah, well, the sad man, he sings a song For the drunk and broken hearted And the fool, he never knows how much it cost Oh, well the joker, he laughs along And the jester's outsmarted The gambler tries to win back what he's lost Yeah, well, the sad man, he sings a song For the drunk and broken hearted And the fool, he never knows how much it cost Oh, well, the fool, he never knows how much it cost