Send in the Clowns (Reprise) / Finale

Lyrics

[FREDERICK, spoken] You've heard, I imagine of the evening's other event [DESIREE, spoken] No [FREDERICK, spoken] Erich and Anne ran off together [DESIREE, spoken] Oh, Frederick! [FREDERICK, spoken] Well, I think I should get up and confront the world, don't you? [DESIREE] Isn't it rich? [FREDERICK] Are we a pair? You here at last on the ground [DESIREE] You in mid-air (spoken) Knees wobbly? [FREDERICK, spoken] No, no, it seems not In fact, it's hardly possible, but— [DESIREE] Was that a farce? [FREDERICK] My fault, I fear [DESIREE] Me as a merry-go-round [FREDERICK] Me as King Lear (spoken) How unlikely life is To lose your son, your wife, and practically your life within an hour And yet to feel relieved Relieved, and what's more, younger Oh, Desiree [DESIREE] Poor Frederick [FREDERICK, spoken] No We'll banish "poor" from our vocabulary and replace it with— "Coherent" [DESIREE, spoken] Coherent? [FREDERICK, spoken] Don't you remember your manifesto in the bedroom? "A coherent existence after so many years of muddle"? You, and me, and of course, Fredericka (sung) Make way for the clowns [DESIREE] Applause for the clowns [FREDERICK & DESIREE] They're finally here [ENSEMBLE] The time love takes Awakens the heart that it breaks Consider the new friends it makes [DESIREE] And love is a lecture On how to correct your Mistakes