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| Song details | |
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| Title | Send In The Clowns |
| Artist | Stephen Sondheim |
| Album | The Story So Far.. [2008],  Track 12  Disc 2Little Night Music [1997], Track 11 |
| Genre | Musical |
| Rank | 659 (−89) history » |
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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'd felt about me? Why only now when i see That you'd drifted away? What a surprise. What a cliché. 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.  submitted by Christina corrected by person on 15-08-2007 |
Send "Send In The Clowns" ringtone to your cell| 7 comments |
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 06-04-2010 20:07 CProseedcakeKSC | |
 1 posts | Oh good God! Everyone who has commented on the meaning of this song thus far has given inaccurate information.
The song is from a musical called "A Little Night Music". It is sung by Desiree to Frederik, her former lover who is now married to a much younger woman. She tries to "rescue" him from his unhappy marriage, but he tells her that he "has no intention of being saved". This is the song she sings, trying miserably to make light of her humiliation and rejection. "Send in the clowns" is a phrase from the theatre for when a show is being poorly received (not when an acrobat dies). The audience are unhappy, let's cheer them up by sending in the clowns. Desiree is at her lowest in this song, and as an actress, feels that this is the time when comic relief is sorely needed. The other meaning of the clowns is indicated in the line, "Don't bother, they're here", as she realises that she and Frederik are the biggest of clowns; that is to say, fools. |
| 09-05-2009 21:57 jaysee | |
1 posts | Thanks for helping me to understand this song.
When I learn a song, I do just that - really learn it. Jesse Campbell |
| 16-06-2007 05:26 hecarriesme | |
236 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I was finally able to actually hear this song... it's a great song. |
| 14-03-2005 18:00 nazjamo | |
25 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I am going to sing this song in our school concert. I think it's a great song to sing!!!!!!  |
| 09-01-2005 23:13 hecarriesme | |
236 posts | Actually, both of you are kind of right in a way. It is literally about an acrobat who dies on stage in the circus, as the name implies. To "send in the clowns" was a circus practice when something very bad happened - like someone fell off the high wire and died. So that's what it's about literally.
Yes, it's symbolic. Underneath the surface, it's about a couple whose relationship is falling apart and they've both hurt each other in many ways. So he keeps imploring, "Send in the clowns, send in the clowns," because it's a major tragedy to them, equivalent to a death in the circus. That's pretty much what it means, tho it's pretty open to interpretation. |
| 24-10-2004 12:24 ChrisSusi | |
1 posts | The song is about a couple who have been together for a while. One has an affair and realizes that they truly wish to be with the other but the other has left. Hence the irony, ha ha joke is on them - now where are the clowns? |
| 01-09-2004 03:43 sweetnlow4ever | |
1 posts | what is this song about?...my friend says that it's about an acrobat who dies and that's why the clowns come, but i highly doubt that...i think the song is somehow metaphorical.... |