| Lyrics: | The machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave
And the fire eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat
victim of the heatwave
Behind the tent the leatherboy tightens his legs
On the sword
swallower's blade
Circus town's on the shortwave
Well now (and) the runway lies ahead
like a great false dawn
Oh fat lady, Missy Bimbo, sits in her chair and yawns
And the
man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn
The midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy
Bimbo's scorn
The circus town's been born
Oh and a (the) press-roll drummer go,
ballerina to-and-fro
Cart-wheelin' up on (across) the tightrope
(And) with a cannon blast,
lightning flash, moving fast through
The tent Mars bent, he's gonna miss his fall
Oh God
save the human cannonball
And the flying Zambini's watch Marguerita do her neck
twist
(And) the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along
Ninety-five,
ninety-six,....ninety-seven
And behind the tent half bent money spent
With his wet face
fallin' (make-up drippin') on the ground
With a half-smile half-frown goin' down
Oh Jesus
sent some sweet women to save all the clowns
And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed
wire
And the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tyre
And the elephants dance
real funky, and the band plays like a jungle fire
Circus town's on the live wire
Samson
lifts the midget up above the liars
Hear the liars, they're outside crying
Hear the liars,
they're inside sighing
Hear the liars, listenin' to the barker
Hear the liars, watching the
centre ring
Oh hear the liars, up on the trapeze
Oh hear the liars, feel their fire
Oh
hear the liars, feel their fire
Oh hear the liars, they're all scared of |
