“Clowntime is over
Time to take over
While others just talk and talk
Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.”
Clowntime Is Over
Song lyrics, Get Happy!! (1980)
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English singer-songwriter 1954Related quotes
"We've Only Just Begun" (1970).


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