CLOWNEN, TJOOHOO [Intro – Spoken / Circus Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Hold on to your hats... Because nobody knows what happens next! [Clown] Neither do I! TJOOHOO! [Verse 1] I came through the curtain With a flower on my shoe, My trousers were too big And my nose was bright blue. I tripped across the carpet, Sent my hat into the air, It landed on the ringmaster — He pretended not to care! I grabbed myself a ladder, But I held it upside down, The children started shouting: "Hey! Look at that clown!" [Pre-Chorus] One step forward, Two steps back, Someone moved the circus track! Round and round, Away we go — Where I'll stop, I just don't know! [Chorus] Clownen, tjoohoo! What am I supposed to do? Clownen, tjoohoo! I've lost my other shoe! Everybody laugh, Everybody shout, I know exactly what I'm doing... Well... almost! Tjoohoo! Tjoohoo! Tjoohoo! [Verse 2] I tried to ride a bicycle With only half a wheel, The ringmaster said, "Stop him!" I said, "What's the big deal?" I balanced seven oranges, A teapot and a chair, Then somebody sneezed — ACHOO! And fruit flew everywhere! One orange hit the drummer, One landed in his drum, He played it like a solo — Ba-da-bum-bum-BUM! [Pre-Chorus] Lights are flashing, People roar, Now my trousers hit the floor! WHOOPS! Don't you worry, Don't you fear — I've got polka-dot shorts under here! [Chorus] Clownen, tjoohoo! What am I supposed to do? Clownen, tjoohoo! Now I've lost my trousers too! Everybody laugh, Everybody shout, I know exactly what I'm doing... Probably! Tjoohoo! Tjoohoo! Tjoohoo! [Bridge – Music slows] But when the spotlight finds me And the circus becomes still, I take away my funny hat And stand there very still. No falling down, No silly face, No giant shoes or tricks... I lift one little violin And play a melody like this... [Instrumental – short beautiful violin passage] [Spoken – Child in audience] "Hey... I thought you were a clown?" [Clown – quietly] "I am." [Pause] "But nobody said a clown can't play the violin." [Big drum hit] TJOOOOHOOO! [Final Chorus – Full Circus Band] Clownen, tjoohoo! Now you know a secret too! Clownen, tjoohoo! There's more to me than one big shoe! You can make them laugh, You can make them cry, You can fall flat on your backside Then reach up for the sky! Clownen, tjoohoo! Come and join the circus crew! Clownen, tjoohoo! There's room in here for you! [Outro – Faster and chaotic] One more orange! One more chair! Who's put that elephant over there?! NO, NO, NO — NOT THAT WAY! [Elephant trumpet] Oh dear... TJOOOOHOOOO! [Big circus ending] BA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA — BANG! [Clown, quietly] "...I meant to do that."
