[Verse 1]
Now everybody knows the puppet maker’s gone mad
Ever since the day of the marionette rebellion
The clowns have gone home a long time ago
Leaving oversized footprints in the dust
The ringmaster got picked up for political agitation
The little people all are unemployed
[Refrain]
Everybody knew the circus days were numbered
Now it’s all over, now it’s too late
[Verse 2]
Pеople stood looking out over the dеsolation
An empty parking lot and some boarded-up windows
They stayed that way for a long, long time
Trying to catch the last of a dying sun
Now the bearded lady runs a home for orphans
The trapeze artists all are waiting tables
[Refrain]
Everybody knew the circus days were numbered
Now it’s all over, now it’s too late
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Late at night, the horizon lights up
And music comes floating in on the wind
For a minute I thought it was a parade
It could almost be a marching band
I almost thought it was a revival show
But then my senses got the better of me
[Refrain]
‘Cause everybody knows the circus days were numbered
Now it’s all over, now it’s too late