Bravo pour le clown

A clown is my friend
A clown so ridiculous
And his name is written
In big, bold slaps
Not fit for an empire
Sadder than a hat
He drinks huge laughs
And eats up the cheers

For your nose that lights up
Cheers! Cheers!
Your hair that gets plucked
Cheers! Cheers!
You bite into plates
Sitting on a water jet
You gnaw on glitter
Twisted in a barrel
For your nose that lights up
Cheers! Cheers!
Your hair that gets plucked
Cheers! Cheers!

The crowd with big hands
Clings to his ears
Steals away his sorrows
And empties his bottles
His heart that unravels
Can't bring them down
That's when they applaud
The life he missed out on!

For your cheating wife
Cheers! Cheers!
And you do the dishes
Cheers! Cheers!
Your life is a reproach
That slaps you in the back
Your son picks your pockets
And you play the fool
For your cheating wife
Cheers! Cheers!
And you do the dishes
Cheers! Cheers!

The circus is deserted
Laughter is pointless
My clown is locked up
In a certain asylum
Success in a straitjacket
Cheers from a shed
Crazy hands
Beat him their song

I am king and I reign
Cheers! Cheers!
I have laughs that bleed
Cheers! Cheers!
Come, let them cheer me
I’ve done my act
While tossing my wife
From the top of the tent
Cheers! Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!