Ode to a sad clown His fado, his logopeia Life is a blague Lie is his atarraxy He doesn’t have! Anything! Skeptic epicureans and stoics Complete absence of disturbances Or restlessness of the mind Realizing the ideal so dear to hellenistic philosophy Of peaceful and serene happiness This is the circus My life circus Where clowns live their profession Where life turns to a joke And sadness hides behind a makeup Circus of horrors Circus of horrors Circus of horrors The happy prison Ode to a sad clown His fado, his logopeia Life is a blague Lie is his atarraxy He doesn’t have! Anything Skeptic epicureans and stoics Complete absence of disturbances Or restlessness of the mind Realizing the ideal so dear to hellenistic philosophy Of peaceful and serene happiness This is the circus My life circus Where clowns live their profession Where life turns to a joke And sadness hides behind a makeup Circus of horrors Circus of horrors Circus of horrors The happy prison Why kids are afraid of me? I just want to be happy like they are (like they are) What? Are you not happy? (happy) I thought you was (sad clown, sad clown) I'm sorry, is this smile, isn't? (yes! It is) Can’t you see? I'm your life clown I'm sorry, but this is mine Ode to a sad clown