Tears of a Clown
Transcript
Fatz: (w/ reverb)
Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to ShowBiz Pizza, where we’re payin’ tribute to the greatest show on Earth. I am your aristocratic announcer Reginald Fattican, the massacre of ceremonies, but you can call me Fatz.
[Fatz Scoffs]
I would like to direct your attention, here to the center ring, where Mitzi will sing us a hit song from folk town- about the sad side of the circus, the sad tears of a clown.
[Song: Tears of a Clown]
Mitzi: (singing)
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Now if there’s a smile up on my face
It’s only there tryin’ to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin’ you
Now, honey, that’s quite a different subject
But don’t let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Really I’m sa-ad
All: (singing)
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Mitzi: (singing)
Oh, sadder than sad
All: (singing)
I’m hurt so bad
Mitzi: (singing)
You’re gone, and I’m hurtin’ so bad
All: (singing)
I pretend, to be glad
Mitzi: (singing)
Like a clown, I pretend to be glad
All: (singing)
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Mitzi: (singing)
Now there’s some sad things known to man
But that ain’t too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one around
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Now if I appear to be carefree
It’s only to camouflage my sadness
In order to shield my pride, I’ve tried
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
But don’t let my show convince you
That I’ve been happy since you
Decided to go
All: (singing)
Why did you go?
Mitzi: (singing)
Oh, I need you so
All: (singing)
I need you so
Mitzi: (singing)
I’m hurt and I want you to know
All: (singing)
Want you to know
Mitzi: (singing)
But for others I put on a show
All: (singing)
It’s just a show
Mitzi: (singing)
Oo-hoo yea
Now there’s some sad things known to man
But that ain’t too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one around
Just like Pagliacci did
All: (singing)
The great pretender
Mitzi: (singing)
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
All: (singing)
A great pretender
Mitzi: (singing)
But in my lonely room, I cry
The tears of a clown
When there’s no one around
Oh yeah, baby
Now if there’s a smile on my face
Don’t let my glad expression
All: (singing)
Tears of a clown
Mitzi: (singing)
Give you the wrong impression
Don’t let this smile I wear
All: (singing)
Tears of a clown
Mitzi: (singing)
Make you think that I don’t care
The tears of a clown