Collins, Judy - Send In The Clowns Lyrics






Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air..
Where are 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!
And 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...
Well, maybe next year.





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  1. s.... m....

    hang in there Melina, this whole life is about taking time...

  2. M.... c....

    So sorry for your loss. Girfriend i lost my mom to. . Praying for you hang in there . Takes time my friend.... ♥️♥️😓

  3. c.... g....

    They should play this song at Chevy Chase’s funeral when he passes away since he is so good at physical comedy and slapstick

  4. L.... M....

    The theme song for the Democrat lead Congress !

  5. C.... R....

    A deep soul toucher, for those who can get there. Thank you Judy

  6. Z.... Z....

    Here's a joke: A man takes his daughter to his work place. She's upset and when he asks her why she says 'Where are the clowns you said you work with'.

  7. M.... W....

    950 clowns didn’t like this quick get them outta here

    M.... W....

    Your comment makes sense, I warmly approve;
    There are now 951 we should briskly remove.

    M.... W....

    David Copson when did that 1 sneak in and thank you I sing this song everyday

  8. c.... m....

    Sorry, my dear.....

  9. A.... ....

    Rise up Incels!

  10. R.... R....

    Life is not perfect like we hope & this lament is for all of us...the clowns...the fools we've been!

  11. e.... m....

    I heard someone sing this on Britain's got talent. I loved it. But this is wonderful to listen to.

  12. O.... ....

    “Buddy tell us what’s so fucking funny?”

  13. S.... B....

    RamusHanson
    Sorry you feel like that but I understand.

  14. C.... J....

    What does she mean send in the clowns just want to know why she’s choosing to say clowns coz to me I’m like clowns comedy yet the song feels sad / What is the meaning of the song?

    C.... J....

    oooh ugg...English!

    C.... J....

    Rick Rodrigues I have edited the comment hopefully it makes sense to why I wrote it 😂

    C.... J....

    I believe she is saying send in the clowns to make her happy again

    C.... J....

    The song is a soulful lament to reflect on the trials & tribulation of one's life, the horrible mistakes we make & now regret...sadly irreversible. Clown is a synonym for what a "fool" I've been!

    "Send in the clowns... don't bother 'I'm' here!" And Yes...we all can relate!

  15. R.... M....

    Judy Collins was also in the Christy series. Darn good actress, Christy was a good series too

  16. j.... e....

    I first heard this over 40 years ago & despite me being a disco loving party animal was knocked sideways by this, sheer beauty, Go Judy Blue Eyes

  17. J.... W....

    Love those eyes

  18. T.... ....

    Just heard this on strictly come dancing. It’s beautiful.

  19. M.... H....

    Um dueto com Daniel Boaventura entraria pra história😍

  20. �.... ....

    베리 굿~~!!!

  21. G.... R....

    I think this song is about the human experience of feeling foolish :)

  22. B.... ....

    This is one of the saddest songs ever.

    B.... ....

    @Briarrose29 you have a number in your name dont talk to me

    B.... ....

    @PennyWise yawn.

    B.... ....

    @Briarrose29 it's late go to sleep baby

    B.... ....

    @PennyWise did your mommy lock you out of the fridge again?

    B.... ....

    @Briarrose29 did daddy leave because he didnt want you

  23. S.... M....

    this makes my soul at peace

  24. D.... S....

    When I was a little boy, and said I wanted to be a comedian, everyone laughed at me; well no one is laughing now. 😁

  25. J.... ....

    Krusty the Clown brought me here.

  26. N.... N....

    I dedicate this to my favorite sister in law Sherry Newberg who was once married to my brother, she became a professional Clown for 30 plus years and owned a costume shop, she has a total heart of Gold a wonderful person to the Max....This song is so her ♥ My brother was such a fool to have ever let her go, but I kept her as my sister and totally love her.....eventually she married a fine man and his name is Rich....how fitting of this song ♥

  27. J.... ....

    Prince brought me here, unreal....

  28. L.... T....

    What is life all about anyway......

  29. V.... ....

    My grandmother always had the piano music to this song sitting on her piano. I don't think I ever heard her play it. I would sometimes try to learn the cords. This song always reminds me of her...but it's so sad and raw, makes me wonder why this was the one that sat on the piano all those years....well, it was this and Yesterday. :/

  30. D.... L....

    how to feel how to improve everything ...

  31. T.... ....

    ''We cling to our possessions
    like cloth clings to the clown,
    who drenched himself with designer holy water
    just to bring the entire house down:


    How move across the desert
    in gowns of gabardine,
    showing off our ignorance
    just to be seen.''

  32. N.... M....

    That french horn.
    *HNG!*
    Right in the feels.

  33. D.... S....

    Sondheim was a genius...

  34. T.... ....

    The only version I've ever known.

  35. n.... ....

    I'm here for Judy Collins. Nothing more.

  36. K.... O....

    Don't mock mental illness as if it isn't a real thing. That isn't good for you or anyone else. I came here to make fun of someone who is a clown, and now I feel ashamed.

  37. C.... T....

    some voice!!!!

  38. B.... e....

    30 years ago I was at a social club in Edinburgh and a comedien sang it.. She was amazing and all the women were in tears listening, I understand as my best friend/cousin who i was with got murdered soon after and I remember our last time out

  39. R.... S....

    Folks, I'm six feet four inches 240 lbs but ho-le-shit this song reduces me to a sad sobbering mess. Brilliance. Sheer lyrical geniuos

  40. F.... ....

    I came from that got talent page

  41. n.... m....

    Beatiful

  42. W.... D....

    I’m sooo so sorry 😐 you all lost loved ones

  43. W.... L....

    An etheral voice with a photograph that made here look like an diaphanous fairy from Middle Earth.

  44. S.... ....

    The guys on the subway scene in joker definitely made this song a lot cooler than I thought

  45. S.... K....

    The names joker and as you can see I'm alot happier

  46. G.... T....

    Beautiful......❤️

  47. G.... H....

    I have loved this song since the summer of 197- and pretty much everything else that Judy did! But there is another version of this by the proffessional singer, the wonderful Ruthie Henshall. Beautiful woman, lovely voice, well worth.looking out for!😊😊😊

  48. E.... W....

    Re. Joker: what's really astounding is that two of the darkest mainstream movies in recent history--'The Joker' and 'Hereditary'--both have Judy Collins' songs in the end-title. 'Joker' is 'Send in the Clwns'; 'Hereditary' is 'Both Sides Now'. I remember when I saw 'Hereditary' for the first time--I was transfixed in terror. And then Judy Collins started singing I was on the verge of screaming.

  49. M.... B....

    If i die... I want this song in my funeral

    M.... B....

    Not if but when,it gets us all in the end

  50. C.... F....

    Sad, but that’s the way it feels...there ought to be clowns

  51. T.... W....

    Thank you

  52. A.... S....

    I love you girls...but if you're that bloody cool, send 'em in yourself...

    A.... S....

    Hopefully, you'll see this message next year.

  53. S.... f....

    They're here alright.

  54. L.... ....

    I'm here because I've been watching the clown show in Congress.

    L.... ....

    Lmfao!!😅

    L.... ....

    ...and what a clown show it is!

    L.... ....

    You must be a Fox News viewer who has been gaslighted by their network and Trump...he will be Impeached in the house..so sad that you can’t see through all of Trump and the rich men’s scam on America....Putin’s America

    L.... ....

    Buttercup Horn Wrong

    L.... ....

    Trump is like the real Thomas Wayne in this movie and rich people as well and the rest of us working Americans are like the joker in the movie,the rich call it socialism and we working Americans and poor people call it fairness.

  55. E.... K....

    Melancholy Bliss

  56. J.... T....

    Judy Blue Eyes!
    Wow! I did not really get that song until I say the picture above.
    And, she can way sing. Way!

  57. U.... S....

    Can you introduce me as Joker?

  58. a.... g....

    BEEBEE Raboza.

  59. M.... H....

    Now it's send in the clowns🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶 send in the democracts 🎶🎵🎵🎼🎼 because they are clowns🎶🎵🎵🎵🎼....send in the Democrats 😄😄😄

  60. M.... V....

    This song contains the meaning of life.

  61. d.... f....

    my cousin jerry sharoff was murdered in Maryland in 2013😭.

  62. C.... N....

    Stephen Sondheim song by Judy Collins how perfect!

  63. Y.... M....

    The Clown is finally sent in.

  64. A.... P....

    makes me wonder what the 912 dislikes were listening to.......certainly not this.

  65. O.... T....

    Theme song for all DIMM candidates, 2020. Should be required intro music for each and every of their newscasts.. seriously!

  66. j.... n....

    who is here because of the metaphor of the lyrics.

  67. A.... S....

    She was put here to destroy us with here voice.

  68. G.... ....

    I was 23 early 70’s cried many times ... I had been raped by two (much older men) that were brothers the previous year. It changed me forever... couldn’t tell anyone. Alone lost heartbroken with life. I still hate them .

  69. D.... 9....

    Aww shit joker fans

  70. M.... A....

    Estamos nesta sintonia... Tristes.

  71. C.... T....

    Contrary, to an earlier offering! Send in the clowns represents all current candidates from both parties. Presidential timber is a collection of saplings.

  72. b.... ....

    I was here after reading The Quiet Ones by Glen Diaz

  73. S.... J....

    Thank you joker

  74. V.... F....

    This song resonates with me since I was a little boy,made me cry then makes me cry now,so beautiful...

  75. E.... B....

    I probably won't ever see joker, this song comes to mind occasionally when living is mysterious and or troublesome. Had a friend who dressed as a clown & sang at a church performance. Miss you, Bill.

  76. C.... D....

    The official anthem of the Democratic Party.

  77. l.... ....

    Tell us what's so f-ing funny?

  78. C.... D....

    Ladies and Gentlemen the 2020 Democratic Candidates😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

  79. C.... D....

    The official Slogan of the Democratic National Committee

    C.... D....

    .....more like for the "STUPID" republicans!👎

  80. C.... R....

    You don't listen do you. :P

    C.... R....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t433PEQGErc&t=72s ;)

  81. C.... R....

    It's not so much that life is either long or short it's more like a sort of Sysiphean tragedy that is the rub. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus :P

    C.... R....

    Oh so Existentialists ftw. :P

    C.... R....

    As Camus Said it's not so much a parody as a farce.

    C.... R....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCfrS-lpn-A

    C.... R....

    I don't think he was remotely joking.

  82. g.... L....

    Such lovely woman

  83. I.... W....

    A masterpiece

  84. S.... K....

    I listened to this before the joker came out which is amazing

  85. A.... S....

    Somehow I'm left hankering for Collin's _I've looked at clowns from both sides now._ No joke.

  86. M.... K....

    Prince book brought me here....

  87. H.... D....

    society

  88. E.... B....

    Love you cause I love myself unconditionally.

  89. A.... L....

    what do you get when you cross a mentally ill man with a society that treats him like crap?






    YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE

  90. A.... R....

    yes I´ve remember this song because I´ve seen the film "Joker". This song is one a few good things of that pseudo- romantic film.

  91. a.... ....

    Im here because if "Ireland got talent "

  92. B.... ....

    The only singer who had the most feminine voice ever, it flowed like a cool stream of water. Utterly pure and beautiful her voice was, and probably still is.

    B.... ....

    Karen Carpenter is the only one I would put above this beautiful voice.

  93. M.... G....

    I'm old but, listen to everything they recommend after watching this. This is back when songs told a story. If you like the title you will like song. Educate yourself kids! You are all missing out on some really great stuff!✌

  94. k.... o....

    Anyone tell me about the song of last scene when joker sit on the police car and abulance hit the car and joker stand on car and back ground tone is start who knows these tone

    k.... o....

    I'll figure it out.

    k.... o....

    The name of the song is *white room*

  95. D.... J....

    Simply beautiful

  96. D.... B....

    Before I knew this show very well, I discovered this version! A lowly apprentice at summer theatre, got the album and practically wore it out!

    D.... B....

    Later, after doomed relationship, I wallowed in the emotions. Still do at times! As well as "Where Do You Start?"