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The Joke Is On You - Part I (Boheme, French, Vargas) Danielle French - vocals, autoharp / Charles Boheme - vocals / Kate Vargas - vocals, guitar / Barrett Tasky - euphonium

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Everything’s fine
It’s a beautiful day
Everything’s fine in every way
Children are playing without a care
Everything’s fine, don’t look over there

Everything’s fine
It’s a beautiful day
Everything’s fine in every way
Follow my clowns, they’re leading you down
To one hell of a show

Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys, and girls, step right up, to the greatest joke on Earth.
SEE the amazing man eating chicken.
See the house of smoke and mirrors where nothing is as it appears.

Jumping through hoops
It’s all just a ruse
Jumping through hoops
Now the joke
Is on you

Everything’s fine
It’s a beautiful day
Follow the clowns, they’re leading the way

Hurry, hurry, hurry.
Watch breathlessly as Johnny Cannoli, the human cannonball, gets shot across the bay at yet another historic structure.
Ooh. Well, at least I don’t have to pay his overtime.
Step right up, be astounded, be dumbfounded, stand aghast as elected officials place your entire family on a high wire without a safety net.

Jumping through hoops
It’s all just a ruse
Jumping through hoops
Now the joke
Is on you
Is on you
Is on you
Is on you

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from Dark Songs Vol. 9 : The Taking of the Tower of Song, released October 26, 2018

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