There was a time, a happy time,
I took my heart to every party,
They'd point my way, "How are you to - day?"
"Will you make us laugh, chase our blues a - way?"
Their funny man won't let them down,
No, I'd dance and prance, and be their clown,
That time, a happy time, that even a fool--- learns to love!
Verso 2
The clown turned a - round,
And saw her smile, oh, how she loved me,
She'd clap her hands, and beg me stay,
To make her laugh, to make her life gay,
Who wants the love of all the world,
When here was love in the eyes of just one girl?
That day, that precious day, when even a fool--- learns to love!
Verso 3
But, oh, how I dreamed, a marvelous dream,
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
And even a fool---- learns to love!
Verso 4
That day, that hateful day,
The joke turned stale, the game was over,
Those spiteful words, "Oh, go a - way!
Who wants to play? It's getting late now!"
My world, my funny world,
Had lost its mask, and shown a broken heart,
A time, a sour time, when even a fool---- learns to love!
Verso 5
But, oh, how I dreamed, a marvelous dream,
Where all of the heavens, or so it had seemed,
With thunderous ap - plause, looked down from a - bove,
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,
And even a fool---- learns to love!
Coda
On a clown and an angel so much in love,
I'll stay with my dream, it takes such a dream,