The saddest thing I ever saw Was a semi-professional clown His pointed smile and eyes beguiled But the moments in between let him down Twas an undertone deep within his soul And if you listened, it glistened, with untold cynicism The saddest thing I ever saw Was a semi-professional clown The saddest thing I ever saw Was a semi-professional clown Forced to stand in flippers on land Trousers only pulled up to fall down And then we'II reach the part With the hause made of glass And how we'II laugh, that he'II never, never break out Well the very saddest thing that I ever, ever saw Was that semi-professional farce Tell me what's the cost Of the jokes, jibes, those mocks? To live your life in the shadow Of enlargened buttocks Well at the end of the day When the mask is finally off When he looks into the glass Does he see the laughing stock? Oh the very saddest thing that I ever, ever sow Was that semi-professional Barely respectable Somehow regrettable Highly forgettable Semi-professional clown