Charles Mingus《The Clown》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:20.21]Man  there was this clown [00:24.19]And he was a real happy guy  a real happy guy [00:29.60]He had all these greens and all these yellows and all [00:32.39]These oranges bubbling around inside of him [00:35.80]And he had just one thing he wanted in this world [00:39.24]He just wanted to make people laugh [00:41.42]That's all he wanted out of this world [00:44.15]We was a real happy guy [01:08.58]Let me tell you about this clown [01:12.16]He used to a raise a sweat every night [01:13.73]Out on the stage and just wouldn't stop [01:16.86]That's how hard he worked [01:19.18]He was trying to make people laugh [01:22.44]He used to have this cute little gimmick [01:23.78]Where he had a seal follow him up and down a step-ladder [01:27.08]Blowing Columbia the gem of the ocean out on a b-flat scale [01:29.39]Sears-roebuck a model thirteen twenty-two A plastic bugle [01:32.79]A real cute act  but they didn't laugh [01:38.44]Well you know  a few little things here and there [01:41.14]But not really  and he was booking out in all these tank towns [01:46.54]Playing the rotary clubs  the Kiwanis clubs and the American legion hall; [01:51.81]And he just wasn't making it [01:54.07]But he had all these wonderful things going on inside of him [01:56.23]All these greens and yellows and all these oranges [01:58.82]He was a real happy guy [02:00.64]And all he wanted to do was to make these people laugh [02:02.68]That's all he wanted out of this world [02:04.09]To make people laugh  and then something began to grow [02:08.70]Something that just wasn't good began growing [02:10.71]Inside of his head [03:05.27]You know  it's a funny thing [03:12.31]Something began to trouble this clown [03:15.66]You know little things  little things once in a while would happen [03:20.26]That would make that crowed begin to howl [03:22.47]But they were never the right things [03:24.75]Like for example the time the seal got sick on the stage [03:27.90]All over the stage  the crowd just [03:29.52]Just broke out  little things like that [03:32.11]And they weren't suppose to [03:33.38]They weren't supposed to be funny [03:37.26]This began to trouble him  and it bothered him [03:39.43]And this little thing began to grow inside of him [03:42.89]And all those greens and all those oranges and all those yellows [03:47.72]They just weren't as bright as they used to be [03:50.49]And all he wanted to do was to make that crowd laugh [03:52.88]That's all he wanted to do [03:55.63]There was this one night [03:56.52]When he was playing at the rotary club [03:59.48]All these dentists  all these druggists [04:02.82]All these postmen sitting around [04:04.77]And they were a real cold bunch  nothing was happening [04:08.64]He was leaving the stage when he stumbled over his ladder [04:11.72]And fell flat on his face  just flat on his face [04:18.58]When he stands up and he's got this bloody nose [04:21.80]And he looks out at the crowd [04:22.92]And that crowd is just rolling on the floor [04:25.27]He's just knocked them flat out [04:29.41]This begins to trouble and even more [04:31.75]He begins to see something  he begins to see something [08:47.23]And right about here is when things began to change [08:50.53]But really change [08:54.03]Not the least of which our clown changes his act [08:57.16]He bought himself a set of football pads [09:00.17]A yellow helmet with red stripes [09:04.22]Hired a girl who dropped a 5-pound sac [09:06.48]Of flour on his head every night [09:08.31]Maybe twenty feet up  Oh man  what a pit [09:10.40]That just broke them up every night [09:12.51]But not like the buke [09:16.90]And all those colors [09:18.08]All those yellows  all those reds  all those oranges [09:23.13]A lot of gray in them now [09:24.54]Not blue [09:25.52]And all he wanted was to make this crowd laugh [09:28.18]That's all he wanted out of this world [09:31.61]They were laughing alright [09:34.38]Not like the buke but they were laughing [09:37.61]And all the dough started coming in [09:39.14]He was playing the big towns [09:41.07]Chicago  Detroit  and then it was Pittsburgh one night [09:45.58]A real fine town Pittsburgh  you know [09:49.92]But three quarters way through his act  a rope broke [09:53.51]Down came the backdrop  right on the back of the neck [09:57.51]And he went flat and something broke  this was it [10:08.44]It hurt way down deep inside  he tried to get up [10:12.79]He looked out at the audience [10:14.43]And you should've  man  you should've [10:16.18]You should've seen that crowd [10:18.87]They was rolling in the aisle [10:22.48]This was bigger than the buke [10:24.57]This was bigger than the buke [10:29.33]He really had them going [10:33.15]This was it  this was the last one [10:37.23]This was the last one  This was the last one [10:52.92]He knew now  man  he really knew now [11:00.99]But it was too late [11:03.13]And all he had wanted was to make this crowd laugh [11:04.94]Well they were laughing  But now he knew [11:14.02]That was the end of the clown [11:17.88]And you should have seen the bookings coming [11:21.06]Man  his agent was on the phone for 24 hours [11:25.64]The Palladium  MCA  William Morris  But it was too late [11:38.39]He really knew now [11:40.25]He really knew [11:52.90]He really knew now [12:01.81]William Morris sent regrets