Wo sind die Clowns? [English translation]

Every day the same picture:

Murder, war, hunger and violence

Every day the same horror,

Reverberates in our press

Sounds shrill the media echo

of any falling rice sack

Where the joker, where laugh is left?

Where are the clowns in this world?

Where are the clowns?

Where are the jesters?

Who has turned the laught off?

Where is the fun?

Where is the carelessness left?

Where are the clowns in the world,

In this world?

Always farther, always higher,

Our world runs like carousel.

No time for real people

Friendship is virtual today

No time for silly games,

Because fun needs time and time is money

We are ran over by progress

Where are the clowns in this world?

Where are the clowns? ...

The arena is in the shade

Fear comes to the circus tent

It lacks the color and laught

Where are the clowns in this world?

Where are the clowns?

Where are the jesters?

Who has turned the laught off?

Where is the fun?

Where is the carelessness left?

Where are the clowns in the world,

In this world?

Where are the clowns in the world?

Where are the clowns?

We need clowns in this world.