The Pirate movie - BE A CLOWN lyrics
rate me<br>
Performed by JUDY GARLAND and GENE KELLY<br>
I'll remember forever,<br>
When I was but three,<br>
Mama, who was clever,<br>
Remarking to me;<br>
If, son, when you're grown up,<br>
You want ev'rything nice,<br>
I've got your future sewn up<br>
If you take this advice:<br>
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Be a clown, be a clown,<br>
All the world loves a clown.<br>
Act a fool, play the calf,<br>
And you'll always have the last laugh.<br>
Wear the cap and the bells<br>
And you'll rate with all the great swells<br>
If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread,<br>
If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead,<br>
You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head,<br>
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.<br>
<br>
Be a clown, be a clown,<br>
All the world loves a clown.<br>
Be a crazy buffoon<br>
And the demoiselles'll all swoon.<br>
Dress in huge, baggy pants<br>
And you'll ride the road to romance.<br>
A butcher or a baker, ladies never embrace,<br>
A barber for a beau would be a social disgrace,<br>
They all'll come to call if you can fall on your face,<br>
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.<br>
<br>
Be a clown, be a clown,<br>
All the world loves a clown.<br>
Show 'em tricks, tell 'em jokes<br>
And you'll only stop with top folks.<br>
Be a crack jackanapes<br>
And they'll imitate you like apes.<br>
Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears,<br>
Why be a major poet and you'll owe it for years?<br>
When crowds'll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears?<br>
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.<br>
<br>
Be a clown, be a clown,<br>
All the world loves a clown.<br>
If you just make 'em roar<br>
Watch your mountebank account soar.<br>
Wear a painted mustache<br>
And you're sure to make a big splash.<br>
A college education I should never propose,<br>
A bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clo'es,<br>
But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose.<br>
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.<br>
<br>
Be a clown, be a clown,<br>
All the world loves a clown.<br>
Be a poor silly ass<br>
And you'll always travel first-class,<br>
Give 'em quips, give 'em fun,<br>
And they'll pay to say you're A-1.<br>
If you become a farmer, you've the weather to buck,<br>
If you become a gambler, you'll be stuck with your luck,<br>
But jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck<br>
(Quack, quack, quack, quack)<br>
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.<br>
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