The lights go up
Clowns tumble in
Painted on faces
And blue-collar grins
The elephants line up in a row
Won't somebody stop the show?
The Ringmaster leads a hit parade
Lions & 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 & lace
He kept it in his special place
He kept it safe & he kept it sound
He swore upon a bible it would never be found
I couldn't believe, I couldn't unwind
Couldn't get the ringmaster out of my mind
There's a man on the floor,
Couldn't take any more
There's a man on the floor, can'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 night
Don't leave me here alone tonight
I can't believe
I can't recall
To a little child
He was 10 feet tall
In my mind it was the end
Of everything that I pretend
Was innocent & pure you see
The ringmaster he took from me
There's a man on the floor, couldn't take anymore
There's a man on the floor, couldn't take anymore
There's a man on the floor, he can't take anymore
