Isn't it rich?
are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground
You in mid-air
Send in the clowns


Isn't it bliss?
don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around
One who can't move
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns


Just when I'd stopped opening doors
Finally knowing
the one that I wanted was yours
Making my entrance again
with my usual flair
Sure of my lines
No one is there


Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry my dear
But where are the clowns
There ought to be clowns
Quick send in the clowns


What a surprise!
Who could foresee
I'd come to feel about you
What you felt about me?
Why only now when I see
That you've drifted away?
What a surprise
What a cliche


Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing
this late in my career
And where are the clowns
Quick send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here