Death Of A Clown
Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection Lyrics

The lyrics to Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection's song "Death of a Clown" paint a picture of melancholy and despair. The singer's makeup is dry and clags on his chin, suggesting that he has been crying or has not taken care of himself. He is drowning his sorrows in whisky and gin, which suggests that whatever is troubling him is substantial enough to drive him to drink. The lion tamer's whip no longer cracks, the lions won't fight, and the tigers won't roar, indicating that the singer's world has lost its vibrancy, and he longs for the past.

The second verse describes a world where the old ways of telling fortunes are dead, and the trainer of insects is frantically looking for runaway fleas, again highlighting a sense of loss and misfortune. In the chorus, the singer invites everyone to join him in a toast to the death of a clown, and in doing so, he is inviting them to join him in mourning the loss of something significant, perhaps a person, or his joy or innocence. The chorus repeats twice, and the song ends on a sad note, with the singer and his audience raising their glasses to the death of a clown.

Overall, "Death of a Clown" is a lament to the loss of something essential to the singer, something that has driven him to drink and to seek solace in an increasingly bleak world.