A Circus of Clowns-Danny Schmidt

[ti:A Circus of Clowns] [ar:Danny Schmidt] [al:Parables and Primes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Circus of Clowns - Danny Schmidt [00:16.10]The day the circus came [00:18.91]To town half the town rejoiced [00:23.14] [00:24.19]The other half was sick in bed [00:27.98]And sure they'd lost their voice [00:30.99] [00:32.07]Atop a great white elephant [00:36.12]Rode a monkey on a leash [00:39.48] [00:40.20]They led the grand parade [00:43.16]But when the monkey tried to speak [00:46.78] [00:48.23]Trumpets blared and sparklers flared [00:51.97]And thunder shook the ground [00:55.87]As the elephant split open wide [01:00.09]And out poured all the clowns [01:02.81] [01:20.11]A circus full of circus clowns -- [01:23.84]All somersaults and flips [01:27.58]With pie upon their faces [01:30.89]And with riddles on their lips [01:34.40] [01:35.92]The children all got peanuts [01:39.80]And the grownups all got checks [01:43.03] [01:43.89]And everyone agreed it [01:46.94]Was the greatest circus yet [01:50.59] [01:51.82]The tigers cracked their whips [01:54.72]Until the trainers jumped through hoops [01:59.14] [01:59.82]Then the clowns declared the cage [02:02.94]Unfair and turned the tigers loose [02:07.52] [02:24.17]One clown juggled fire [02:28.05]While he swung from the trapeze [02:32.21]But he smacked and hit the tent post [02:35.53]With the greatest of dis-ease [02:39.09] [02:40.31]The fire took the tent post [02:44.42]And the tent came crashing down [02:47.60] [02:48.67]The fire truck came quickly [02:51.91]But the back was full of clowns [02:55.89] [02:56.65]And they filled the hose [02:58.53]With righteous prose and gasoline and gall [03:03.96] [03:05.06]“Relax we'll fight the fire back [03:09.28]With human cannonballs” [03:12.82] [03:29.84]The spectacle was gripping -- [03:34.12]A circus show indeed [03:37.22] [03:38.03]That no one took a notice [03:40.95]As the clowns took to the streets [03:45.05] [03:46.12]On tricycles with wagons [03:49.58] [03:50.19]And with toilet paper spools [03:54.30]They tee-peed all the neighbors' homes [03:58.10]And pissed in all the pools [04:01.18] [04:02.10]“Oh look Oh look it's festive now [04:06.10]A three ring Marti Gras ” [04:09.47] [04:10.68]Folks looked up to see the fuss [04:14.54]And watched in shock and awe [04:17.64] [04:34.58]The crowd had gotten weary [04:38.57]It was time the clowns should leave [04:41.58] [04:42.60]But the clowns all played [04:44.71]A desperate game of hide without the seek [04:49.67] [04:50.83]But they were easily discovered [04:54.11] [04:54.95]In the shadows where they hid [04:58.18] [04:58.99]Cause every clown was pointing [05:02.06]Out the clown right next to him [05:05.97] [05:07.13]Let's load em up in circus trucks [05:11.17]And drive them out of town [05:14.16] [05:15.46]It's not that they are bad per se [05:19.87]It's just that clowns are clowns