• Hollies
• Genesis
• Killing Joke
• Audience

(Brooker / Reid)
Harlequin has lost his crown
Look they say a broken clown
Yesterday he ruled the world
Now he's crying to be heard
Yesterday he called the tune
Now he's howling at the moon
Harlequin has broken down
Harlequin, Harlequin has lost his crown
Harlequin has broken loose
Slipped the knot and skipped the noose
Can those bloodhounds find his trail
Will they send him back to jail
Can those bloodhounds find his scent
Will they find out where he went
Harlequin cannot be found
Harlequin, Harlequin has gone to ground
Break
Harlequin is back on top
Now his fame will never stop
See him shown from coast to coast
He's the one they love the most
See them slap him on the back
How they love his every crack
Harlequin we knew you'd do it
Harlequin, Harlequin
Harlequin, Harlequin
Harlequin, Harlequin
Harlequin, Harlequin
Harlequin, Harlequin

Came the night a mist dissolved the trees
And in the broken light colours fly, fading by.
Pale and cold as figures fill the glade
Grey is the web they spin, on and on, and on and on.
Through the flame still summer lingers on
Through her pictures soon shatter.
All, always the same,
But there appears in the shades of dawning.
Though your eyes are dim,
All of the pieces in the sky.
There was once a harvest in this land.
Reap from the turquoise sky, harlequin, harlequin,
Dancing round three children fill the glade,
Theirs'was the laughter in the winding stream, and in between.
From the flames in the firelight.
All, always the same,
But there appears in the shades of dawning.
Though your eyes are dim,
All of the pieces in the sky.
All, all is not lost,
And light appears in the shades of dawning
Whey your eyes can see
Order the pieces, put them back, put them back.

i am a child of folly
now i want my way
and i don't know good or bad
but i dance all day
and my sense of humour
getting out of hand la-la
and the diamond's sharp you know
all the harlequins they go go
such a lovely colour
so the nasty taste won't show
and when i'm seeing bitter
then the carnal feelings go
so if you guess my next move
then that's more than me
so when i start to smile
then the harlequins will go go
i am a child of folly
now i want some fun
so i don't need good or bad
and we've just begun
so if you guess our next move
let your sense of humour show
and the diamonds are forever

Through the green May morning came a lonely man
Wearing diamond covered garments and a slapstick in his hand
And the new day dawning brought a wistful smile
To the face of the Harlequin
Was it rain or tears that smudged his painted face
As he wandered where the breezes took him on from place to place
And the strain of years behind his wistful smile
Lined the face of the Harlequin
The laughter of the King and Queen
Of every country he had seen
The laughter ringing in his ears like thunder
The genius of his comic mime
So in demand so long a time