The Ringmaster Lyrics

The lights go up

The clowns tumble in

Painted on faces

And blue collar grins

The elephants

Lined up in a row

Won't somebody stop the show

The ringmaster leads

A hit parade

Lions and tigers

Provincial charade

Angel pulls

the puppet strings

Above the lights,

In the middle ring

When Daddy was

A little boy

He always hid

his favorite toy

A circus made

Of wood and lace

He kept it in

A special place

He kept it safe

He kept it sound

Swore upon a bible

It would never be found

I couldn't believe

I couldn't unwind

I couldn't get the ringmaster

Out of my mind

There's a man on the floor

He can't take anymore

There's a man on the floor

He couldn't take anymore

There's a man on the floor

He couldn't take anymore

Won't somebody stop the show

Turn out the day

But not the light

Don't leave me here

Alone tonight

I can't believe

I can't recall

To a little child

He was ten feet tall

But in my mind

It was the end

Of everything

That I pretend

Was innocent

And pure you see

That ringmaster

He took from me

There's a man on the floor

He can't take anymore

There's a man on the floor

He couldn't take anymore

Won't somebody stop the show