Circus Song(Live/1973) - Don McLean

Cotton candy two for a quarter
See if the fat man
can guess your weight
A big stuffed tiger is
what I bought her
And I'm going home
cause it's late
Roller coasters make me dizzy
And cotton candy makes me sick
I wish I had some
Bromo fizzy
Now that would do the trick
Everyone knows that the
clowns aren't happy
And everyone knows that
the people don't care
I wish I could laugh at
the way that they're acting
But I'm so sick
I just don't dare to
High wire dancers kick and balance
White silk horses step in time
The tattooed man
displays his talents
I'm not the talented kind
I always go to
the circus on Sunday
And there I can laugh
at the people I see
But when I leave home
in the morning on Monday
Everybody laughs at me
you konw I make other
people nervous
I guess that's why
they laugh at me
But to me my life is
a three ring circus
And I can see it for free
Have you seen my wife Elvira
She can tame a lion
you know
Well I once had
a bushy mane
But that was
so damn long ago
Tight collared clowns
in plastic buildings
Have happy families as their fate
Happy jobs and happy clubs
And happy people they hate
Everyone's juggling
and everyone's acting
With smiles of grease
paint three feet wide
Everyone's caught
on a carousel pony
And one time around
is a lifetime ride