Send in the Clowns (Reprise) / Finale

[FREDERICK, spoken]
You've heard, I imagine of the evening's other event

[DESIREE, spoken]
No

[FREDERICK, spoken]
Erich and Anne ran off together

[DESIREE, spoken]
Oh, Frederick!

[FREDERICK, spoken]
Well, I think I should get up and confront the world, don't you?

[DESIREE]
Isn't it rich?

[FREDERICK]
Are we a pair?
You here at last on the ground

[DESIREE]
You in mid-air
(spoken)
Knees wobbly?

[FREDERICK, spoken]
No, no, it seems not
In fact, it's hardly possible, but—

[DESIREE]
Was that a farce?

[FREDERICK]
My fault, I fear

[DESIREE]
Me as a merry-go-round

[FREDERICK]
Me as King Lear

(spoken)
How unlikely life is
To lose your son, your wife, and practically your life within an hour
And yet to feel relieved
Relieved, and what's more, younger
Oh, Desiree

[DESIREE]
Poor Frederick

[FREDERICK, spoken]
No
We'll banish "poor" from our vocabulary and replace it with—
"Coherent"

[DESIREE, spoken]
Coherent?

[FREDERICK, spoken]
Don't you remember your manifesto in the bedroom?
"A coherent existence after so many years of muddle"?
You, and me, and of course, Fredericka

(sung)
Make way for the clowns

[DESIREE]
Applause for the clowns

[FREDERICK & DESIREE]
They're finally here

[ENSEMBLE]
The time love takes
Awakens the heart that it breaks
Consider the new friends it makes

[DESIREE]
And love is a lecture
On how to correct your
Mistakes