Send In the Clowns (reprise) / Finale

You've heard, I imagine of the evening's other event

No

Erich and Anne ran off together

Oh, Frederick!

Well, I think I should get up and confront the world, don't you?

Isn't it rich?

Are we a pair?

You here at last on the ground

You in mid-air

(spoken)

Knees wobbly?

No, no, it seems not

In fact, it's hardly possible, but—

Was that a farce?

My fault, I fear

Me as a merry-go-round

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

Poor Frederick

No

We'll banish "poor" from our vocabulary and replace it with—

"Coherent"

Coherent?

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

Applause for the clowns

They're finally here

The time love takes

Awakens the heart that it breaks

Consider the new friends it makes

And love is a lecture

On how to correct your

Mistakes