Send In The Clowns

Lyrics

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?
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns
Where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns
But maybe next year

Credits

Written by Stephen Sondheim

Album

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Tour

Stephen Sondheim wrote this song for his 1973 musical A Little Night Music. It was covered by many artists, including Frank Sinatra and Judy Collins. Madonna used this song to open her Tears of a Clown show on March 10th, 2016 in Melbourne and again at Art Basel on December 2nd, 2016.