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Schneer, what kind of man are you?
I'm a clown
My name is Schneer
I'm an artist and a clown
From a wealthy German family
My mother was a Nazi
My father had a mistress
My mother had a maid
Though we were plenty rich
We had so little to eat
No balloons, no treats, no candy
We sent money to the Reich
Little sister did her duty
In an air raid where she died
Little brother played piano
He became a Catholic
Grandpa gave me an apartment
To never rent or sell
It's better not to fuss
'Cause life is rules and rules and rules
There wasn't any more to us
My name is Schneer
The artist and the clown
Who did everything to make you laugh
'Til no one was around
With white face, mirror and makeup
A harlequin in style
One thing a clown will never show
Is the tears
The tears behind the smile
My name is Schneer
I dared to be a clown
I took a lot of risks
Fell in love with a Catholic girl
We began to live in sin
We went touring town to town
She wanted to have my kid
Trained to raise a Catholic child
To breathe the Catholic air
And me an unbeliever
The artist and the clown
Hey, I could give her neither
Holy motherhood and marriage
She miscarried on the road
She started looking elsewhere
She left a note and disappeared
Never saw Marie again
She had a honeymoon in Rome
I stayed faithful to the end
My name is Schneer
I'm the artist and the clown
Who did everything to make you laugh
'Til no one was around
With white face, mirror and makeup
A harlequin in style
One thing a clown will never show