Standard (EADGBE)

In the past the fools would pay

To see the freaks of the day

Contradictions of the norm

The bizarre, the wonderful and deformed

No need for the tents and the cages now

The world comes to my eyes

In front of my TV circus

A freak show in disguise

Circles and roundabouts

How much did you know

Going round and coming back

The world freak show

Swings and revolutions

How much did you know

Going round and coming back

The world freak show

Another tree is coming down

Another harpooned whale is drowned

Another child's belly needs feeding

On land the fast-food chain is bleeding

And we bought our new green wool

And pulled it over our eyes

As the circus on all around

A freak show in disguise

Circles and roundabouts...

And it's circles and roundabouts...

(no chords)

Peristroika, Reform, Glasnost

(Hardcore sell, Overhead cost)

News at ten, The House, Big Ben

(Half truths, Now and then)

Pol Pot (Border) Massacre (Slaughter)

Rainforests (The president's daughter)

Irradiate (Evacuate)

((Use, Abuse, Manipulate))

The people's will, their bellies full

Multi-nationals, ((kill, kill, kill))

Dead dictator, sniper's retreat

People claim the power seat

Wall comes down, people stand up

Cross the border, customs shut

Forklift, Airlift, Foreign Aid

Pockets lined, Army blockade

Evolution, Progress, Regress

Power, Possession, Energy Harness

Economy, Market, High or low

How much did you know

In the world freak show...

The world freak show, world freak show, world freak.