Fears of a Clown
**Verse**
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages
take your seats and don't look at the people in cages
they're refugees and the poor, the sick and the lame
look instead at the clown with the comedy name
And now, for the very first time in the world
All eyes are on him, union jacks are unfurled
You'll forget all the lies, corruption and death 
believe what you're told, shut your eyes, hold your breath


**Chorus**
Come, yes, come to the circus, and pack your cares away
Come, yes, come to the circus, May all your days be circus days

**Verse**
The most enchanting extravaganza ever conceived
and he smiles as the lies that he tells are believed
let the bodies pile high in their thousands he said
give us this day our daily dead
The big top, magnificent, gateway to the stars
All eyes on Bozo the clown in his comedy car, 
with its comedy horn and the flower sprays water
from the cannons he bought to simulate slaughter

**Bridge**
behind the greasepaint and smiles
he's been scheming a whiles
this clown's been in charge and he knows
that every smile or a frown
hides the fears of the clown
no one laughs at the end of the show
no one laughs at the end of the show
and he knows that its time to go

Fears of a Clown

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