[chorus]
There's a clown, and a jester, and a fool.
And a board with a grid that looks so cool.
The clown can likely move, as could the jester and the fool.
What do they do? I ask myself. (I do) I really wish I knew.

[break]

[verse]
The clown might be amusing,
The jester, such a clown.
The fool will be so silly,
That it makes the jester frown.
But what would be their purpose?
And will they have a quest?
Or maybe they'll just juggle,
With some pins, and all the rest.

[chorus]
There's a clown, and a jester, and a fool. (such a fool)
And a board with a grid that looks so cool. (looks so cool)
The clown can likely move, as could the jester and the fool.
What do they do? I ask myself. (I do) I really wish I knew.

(I do not know)

[break]

[verse]
A curly hairy purple wig,
Some shoes as long as your arms.
The clown's so caked in make-up
So you cannot see it frown.
The jester wears his cap'n'bells,
And dances 'round the room,
Singing silly songs to all,
And acting like a loon.

[bridge]
And then the fool presents themselves to all who sit and stare.
Tripping over random obstacles which are not even there.
What a wacky silly fool this is, with pickles in its hair.
Bringing chaos and delight to all the people, every night.

[break]

[chorus]
There's a clown, and a jester, and a fool. (such a fool)
And a board with a grid that looks so cool. (looks so cool)
The clown can likely move, as could the jester and the fool.
What do they do? I ask myself. (I do) I really wish I knew.

(I do not know)

JNKCE20250408

Desertion Street

Int. High Street
[Dave and Green walking past boarded-up shops]

Dave: Seven shops out of... well, none really.
Green: This high street's seen better days.
Dave: Even Mr Smith's sold his shop. I wonder who this new Mr Jones is?
Green: Everything changes, Dave.
Dave: I remember the days when you could walk down this street, and you'd be bombarded with wonderful things to buy.
Green: Yep. I bought my copy of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in that record shop.

[Green points to a Greggs]

Green: Now the only circles they sell are cookies.
Dave: Mmm, cookie.
Green: And that one used to be Dixons. Remember Dixons?
Dave: I remember I used to go in there, check out the latest gadgets, then go to Woolworths to get them cheaper.
[Both laugh]

Green: Now it's just Amazon this and eBay that. Poor shops. No wonder they all died out.

[They stop outside Greggs. Dave stares at an empty shop opposite]

Dave: I wonder what that shop used to be?
Green: Who knows. Probably something amazing that was no longer popular.
Dave: Wanna take a look inside?
Green: Through the window?
Dave: No, I've got the key.
Green: What?
Dave: I already bought it.
Green: YOU WHAT?
Dave: Lady Computer helped with the paperwork!
Green: Oh no. No, no, no. This .. Oh no.
Dave: Come on, let's have a nosey.
Green: Dave. We talked about this. You were going to do reviews, not make silly purchases that .. Oh my god.

[Lady Computer beeps from Dave's pocket]

Dave: See? Even she agrees it's a good investment.
Green: You didn't look to see if that was a good beep or a bad beep. I think I can guess which it was.
Dave: [looks] No, she's suggesting "Dave's Games and ScrunchCakes" for the sign!
Green: And who exactly is going to run this shop while you're experimenting with explosive baking?
Dave: Well... you did say you wanted to do the inventory management...

[End credits roll as Green realises he's somehow been roped into another one of Dave's schemes]