WORLD FREAK SHOW - THE LEVELLERS
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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.