quiet desperation ain t my goddamn scene i don t know if you can follow me but you bought a ticket so i guess we re gonna see my friends to the wine and to the stage if you squander your precious beautiful days that makes you a sucker you don t want to be a sucker do you to the quitters and the complainers if we never meet again remember when all the world was a stage dive all the world loved a clown knowing how the clown hated them and all the clowns in the house stared up at the stage they used to get so mad the had such a good thing that day but at the last minute it just sort of went bad they lost their nerve they just went straight they didn t have the balls to hold it down and they brought everybody else right down with them while clowns must stand so welcome welcome everybody to the scene you ve all got to come out and have a drink with me i ll buy round one if you buy rounds two and three we ll make a toast to absent friends and better days to remembering and being remembered as brave and not as a bunch of whining jerks to the quitters and the complainers if we never meet again remember this all the world is a stage dive all the world loves a clown you know that clowns hate them and how hard it is to get a clown out of the house and up on the stage but tonight you ve come you re here i m so glad don t forget how it feels kids and don t crap out don t lose your nerve do not go straight you must testify or i m going to come to your house to punch you in the mouth cause clowns must stand when a clown goes straight all clowns are hurt when a clown abandons his passion all his friends end up with egg on the face clowns must stand what did i say clowns must stand