The breath of hope And a clown that bites Bring the coldest days And the darkest night
Merry goes round and round the bushes Carny hushers striking poses Drive the worms out of my head Put that needle to the red Take me to the mouth of the monster The sun pours down in golden shower Drink and drink from the five gallon drum On your knees for the thirst to come
This way golden beauties and cancan cuties Speedway thrills at 100 smiles per hour Sammy Savage will send you on a swirl with a bonifide half girl Whose other half was torn real nice With Frosty Feldman's block of ice Stick out your tongues creepy crew They stick on ice like flies on glue
If you're a little drunk on the tightrope wire From the sucker's seat the illusion's fine If a foot might slip and the safeties fails On the long way down grab the devil's tail
Up and again onto my feet Blow away into the street Don't want to come down cause we're so high Bigger than hope, faster than lies Take me to the mouth of the monster The sun pours down in golden shower Fakes and friends and flakes and freaks The red of sky is just the blood in your eyes
Merry goes round and round the bushes Carny hushers striking poses Take the wheel to the grave Drive the worms out of my head Take a bite of the pillow Here is a bitter pill to swallow Fakes and friends and flakes and freaks The red of sky is just the red in your eyes