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I'll remember forever When I was but three Mama, who was clever Remarking to me If son when you're grown up You want everything nice I've got your future sewn up If you take this advice Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Act the fool, play the calf And you'll always have the last laugh Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack Jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown If you just make 'em roar Watch your Mounte bank account soar Wear a painted mustache And you're sure to make a big splash A college education I should never propose A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Give 'em quips, give 'em fun And they'll happy to say you're A-1 If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck But Jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
I'll remember forever When I was but three Mama, who was clever Remarking to me If son when you're grown up You want everything nice I've got your future sewn up If you take this advice Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Act the fool, play the calf And you'll always have the last laugh Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack Jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown If you just make 'em roar Watch your Mounte bank account soar Wear a painted mustache And you're sure to make a big splash A college education I should never propose A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Give 'em quips, give 'em fun And they'll happy to say you're A-1 If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck But Jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
I'll remember forever When I was but three Mama, who was clever Remarking to me If son when you're grown up You want everything nice I've got your future sewn up If you take this advice Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Act the fool, play the calf And you'll always have the last laugh Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack Jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown If you just make 'em roar Watch your Mounte bank account soar Wear a painted mustache And you're sure to make a big splash A college education I should never propose A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Give 'em quips, give 'em fun And they'll happy to say you're A-1 If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck But Jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
I'll remember forever When I was but three Mama, who was clever Remarking to me If son when you're grown up You want everything nice I've got your future sewn up If you take this advice Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Act the fool, play the calf And you'll always have the last laugh Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack Jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown If you just make 'em roar Watch your Mounte bank account soar Wear a painted mustache And you're sure to make a big splash A college education I should never propose A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Give 'em quips, give 'em fun And they'll happy to say you're A-1 If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck But Jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
Hey, with your natty threads and your nifty dreads And your Dagenham royal swagger With your tricky spiels and your Cuban heels And the face of a carpet-bagger With your sweet cologne and your mobile phone And the moves of a desperado You will cut a swathe on your gangster's lathe And an overdose of bravado We see your double hip to the trippy tip And your searching every quarter You can throw more shapes than a jackanapes To someone's lovely daughter So dance little rude boy, dance Dance little rude boy, dance Dance little rude boy, dance You've got to know something Drive me to distraction Drive me really mad Drive me to the action Take me one more tad Drive me to the west wing Drive me to the right Drive me to the best thing That has happened to me all night Hey, you turned up trumps in your purple pumps And a little bit of made to measure With your shiny frock and your yellow socks You're addressing it to your pleasure With an urchin crop and a skimpy top You've got to have a good thing going With your lazy grace and your crazy face Who cares if your slip is showing?
I don't really know, we fucked up bad You don't wanna see my dudes when they get mad I got a bunch of jackanapes at the back of me That'll lacerate anyone in the back of a matinee And laugh while they masturbatin' all over your beaten body Sick boy forever, that Suburban Illuminati Naw nigga, yeah, we never stop No period like menopause No period like, "Oh shit!
And all that is solid melts into air Jerkwater Jerry-built Journeyman Jaywalker Joy-rider Jackanapes Gibbering Jolterhead Juvenile Jabbering Jokery Jockeying Jocular Jury-rigged Jiggery Jingoist Jimsonweed Pokery Gimcracky Jackhammer Jobbernowl Jobbery Jawboning Jeopardy So kowtow to the sacred cow with the crumpled horn Courting the scorn of the yet unborn While all that is solid melts into air.
I'll remember forever When I was but three Mama, who was clever Remarking to me If son when you're grown up You want everything nice I've got your future sewn up If you take this advice Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Act the fool, play the calf And you'll always have the last laugh Wear the cap and the bells And you'll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack Jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown If you just make 'em roar Watch your Mounte bank account soar Wear a painted mustache And you're sure to make a big splash A college education I should never propose A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown Give 'em quips, give 'em fun And they'll happy to say you're A-1 If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck But Jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown
Where the fruit is fresh, and the dreams are wild Beautiful Child, hear there is no screaming So uncover your ears, hear the thrush and her song Beautiful Child, know there is no darkness Just a bright, shining sun with no chance of pain Beautiful Child, trust you will have shelter And here you can wait for a better day You're beautiful The full moon misses your wonder as the brook lets out a sigh The silent wind comes to carry you home as the trees wave goodbye Beautiful Child, do you see the jackanapes laughing? About the maypole they skip and dance until dusk calls Beautiful Child, the trampoline awaits you Reach for the stars, you can touch them if you try Beautiful Child, there's open fields to run through No labyrinth of life for you to get lost in Beautiful Child, your eyes they look so weary You can close them if you want, there's nothing to fear You're beautiful The hills look for you in the valley as the clouds clear from the sky A gentle breeze sings a serenade as the clover waves goodbye You are not alone (We will always be with you) I hear the screams in my nightmares as you plead for us to make it go away Your world came crashing around you and I don't think we can reconcile this pain So we offer you this garden, it's a safe place for you to play I promise we will meet you there, someday, to see you smile again I promise we will see you smile again You Beautiful Child
Tryin' to figure what this life is about I am lost in jackanapes crowd Staight from the heart, i'm not dissin I do not expect no blissing csking myself what for I made that Band ain't nobody wants to listen Verse 2: DISTiNcT I can take anything This is because i'm Immortal like Connor MacLeod Busting this beat with the Triplets like they do In thing what they call trap'n'cloud Taking the pills Yes i do the medication To make all the shit go away Killing the thoughts of the mad man, I fight those i'm Struggling with everyday Sometimes i'm better some - how Make myself doing things, Now Highly productive i am (How?)
REFRAIN 2 Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Be a crazy buffoon And the demoiselles'll all swoon Dress in huge baggy pants And you'll ride the road to romance A butcher or a baker ladies never embrace A barber or a beau would be a social disgrace They all'll come to call if you can fall on your face Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown REFRAIN 3 Be a clown, be a clown All the world loves a clown Show ‘em tricks tell ‘em jokes And you'll only stop with top folks Be a crack jackanapes And they'll imitate you like apes Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears? Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years?
Hey, with your natty threads and your nifty dreads And your Dagenham royal swagger With your tricky spiels and your Cuban heels And the face of a carpet-bagger With your sweet cologne and your mobile phone And the moves of a desperado You will cut a swathe on your gangster's lathe And an overdose of bravado We see your double hip to the trippy tip And your searching every quarter You can throw more shapes than a jackanapes To someone's lovely daughter So dance little rude boy, dance Dance little rude boy, dance Dance little rude boy, dance You've got to know something Drive me to distraction Drive me really mad Drive me to the action Take me one more tad Drive me to the west wing Drive me to the right Drive me to the best thing That has happened to me all night Hey, you turned up trumps in your purple pumps And a little bit of made to measure With your shiny frock and your yellow socks You're addressing it to your pleasure With an urchin crop and a skimpy top You've got to have a good thing going With your lazy grace and your crazy face Who cares if your slip is showing?
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