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Artist: Michael Stanley
Canonical path: /michael-stanley/where-have-all-the-clowns-gone
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Where Have All The Clowns Gone
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Where Have All The Clowns Gone
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Everything came so easy,
Fantasies were something to believe
Didn't take too much to please us then
Seemed like a place, we'd never have to leave
And how we got from where we started
Is not completely clear
We've chased an awful lot of rainbows...
We've done our share of fighting windmills
We've looked directly at the sun
We gave our souls away on cheap thrills
We've lost a lot more, a lot more than we've won
And time and again reminded of shows that must go on
Who's gonna tell them when they ask us...
Where have all the clowns gone
Where's the laughter and did it really die
And what is strangest is going through these changes
Won't you rock me in your arms
And make me feel so high
And who should stop by but the bluebird
He sang my ladies Freddies' songs
Just a few sweet hours of music
Really helped me, helped me get along
Why do we make the children
Leave childhood so soon
Who's gonna tell them when it's over...
Who's gonna tell them
Where have all the clowns gone
Where's the laughter and did it really die
And what is strangest is going through these changes
Won't you rock me in your arms
That makes me feel so high
Makes me feel high, so high
Makes me feel high,
Makes me feel so high
(segue into "Song For My Children")
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