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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jack Barksdale
Jack Barksdale
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jack Barksdale
Jack Barksdale
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Edgar Stuart
Mark Edgar Stuart
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
"Why don't you step right through these curtains? Don't hesitate, don't be shy"
Says a two-faced man with an eyepatch as we shoved our way inside
The room is electric, the shock hits your brain
But, sooner than expected, it all turns quite strange
[Chorus]
I spent my last bit of money on a ticket to the freak show
I came here to witness the world down below
I want to laugh and point as I watch these freaks dance
Why is it me everybody keeps on staring at?
[Verse 2]
In come the clowns, there's thirty to a car
Their tortured melting smiles are falling to the floor
You know the clowns run the circus, they do it with an iron fist
'Cause every act has a purpose, and every plot needs a twist
[Chorus]
I spent my last bit of money on a ticket to the freak show
I came here to witness the world down below
I want to laugh and point as I watch these freaks dance
Why is it me everybody keeps on staring at?
[Verse 3]
The pyramid is tilting, it tumbles and tears apart
The stilt man is worthless, he's passed out, face-down at the bar
There's an elephant running 'round with a monkey on its back
While some fat man in a suit is counting his money by the stack
[Chorus]
Spent my last bit of money on a ticket to the freak show
I came here to witness the world down below
I want to laugh and point as I watch these freaks dance
Why is it me everybody keeps on staring at?
[Verse 4]
The slackliner's slacking, the strongman ain't pulling his weight
There's an acrobat playing Russian roulette with his automatic .38
Feels like I'm opening the lion's cage, it's hard not to flinch
You can't just swallow the sword, you've got to take it inch by inch
[Chorus]
I spent my last bit of money on a ticket to the freak show
I came here to witness the world down below
I want to laugh and point as I watch these freaks dance
Why is it me everybody keeps on staring at?
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Written by: Jack Barksdale
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