1000 SONGS - DAY 61: SONG # 89

Day 61: A Song from your Childhood

Death of a Clown by Dave Dacies is a song that I have really loved all of my life (and back then, I ownded the single). When I listen to it, my childhood days' atmosphere immediately comes back to my mind. Technically, it is a recording by the Kinks, since it has been written by Dave & Ray Davies and the musicians on the record are the Kinks. I have been a Kinks fan from childhood days on and I have never understood why the brilliant songwriting of Ray Davies has not achieved more fame than it actually did.
Vid & lyrics:



My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin
I'm drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore
The lions they won't fight and the tigers won't roar


So let's all drink to the death of a clown
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas

Let's all drink to the death of a clown
So won't someone help me to break up this crown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown