1.When The Circus Came To Town
Well, the days are long and the work is hard
When your childhood is spent in the fields
And summer seemed to last million years
One day when I was just a boy
During one of those hot summer swells
The locus was silenced by the clanging of bells
And there was the thing for which I longed
A place where I belong
Where I first held the hand of the one I love
When the circus came to town
We ate candy-cones and corndogs
Cotton candy and candy-canes
And we shared a caramel apple by the arcade
And when night fell and the stars rose
And light bedazzled the fair
We rode the Ferris wheel
Up into the air
And there was the thing for which I longed
A place where I belong
Where I first held the hand of the one I love
When the circus came to town
And later, in the funhouse,
Our bodies looked so strange
And the mirrors made our faces seemed deranged
And the snake-man in the freak-show
He got you so alarmed
That you ran and ran and ran
Right into my arms
Oh, oh, oh
The next morning I got up
Wrapped my clothes up into a ball
And I ran and ran to run away with the fair
But when I arrived, to my surprise,
All the tents and wagons were gone
And they'd stolen all that happiness from the air
And gone was the thing for which I longed
That place where I belong
Where I last held the hand of the one I love
When the circus came
When the circus came
When the circus came to town
2.Don't Go By The River
Don't go by the river
If you love your wife
'Cause you'll make that girl a widow
And you'll cause her pain and strife
If you go by the river side,
You'll lose your l-l-l-l-life!
People by the river,
They know who's the boss
They'll get at fancy city folks
No matter what the cost
And if you go by the river side,
You'll end up l-l-l-l-lost!
There's a bat they call Lestat
Who'll sink his teeth in you
You might meet a creature
From the swampy black lagoon
And if the moon is full,
You might meet the loup-garou
Don't go by the river side,
You'll be sorry if you do!
A young man met a lady
And she made this fellow swoon
So they went on down to New Orleans
To elope under the moon
He took her by the river side,
To give her the heirl-l-l-loom!
Well the next day he got outta bed and
She wasn't by his side
He searched the quarter high and low
When the bayou far and wide
Locals say she ran away
But you know they l-l-l-l-lied!
There's a bat they call Lestat
Who'll sink his teeth in you
You might meet a creature
From the swampy black lagoon
And if the moon is full,
You might meet the loup-garou
Don't go by the river side,
You'll be sorry if you do!
Who shivers when they hear about voodoo？
Don't lie to me, boy, I know you do!
You better tremble when you hear me call!
'Cause you'd make a lovely shrunken head
You'll be my favorite voodoo doll!
Slinging by the river,
Now he slings on Bourbon Street
And there's that song by Concrete Blonde
About where it's warm and green
And if you go by the river side,
You'll never l-l-l-l-leave!
There's a bat they call Lestat
Who'll sink his teeth in you
You might meet a creature
From the swampy black lagoon
And if the moon is full,
You might meet the loup-garou
Don't go by the riverside,
(Don't go by the riverside)
I said don't go by that river side,
(He said 'Don't go by the riverside')
Don't go by the river side, (Why's that？)
'Cause you might meet me if you do!
3.The Mechanical Girl
In the court of Augustine The Twelfth
The king reprimanded his men
And demanded they
Put to good use all his wealth to cure his deep ennui
For you see, he found that he was sad and lonely
Ever since his wife, the queen, got mad and
Rode off on his steed
In a glen beyond the castle wall
There was a tinker
And he was a thinker
The smartest man in all the world
He made a mechanical girl
For you see, his daughter passed away that summer
And though he knew he could not replace her
He missed his family
Suddenly a knock at the door went ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
And the kingsmen came in blowing horns ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
By order of His Highness
We're to take you and that...thing
To present your marvel to the king.
And so, over the land and through the castle walls
Over the moat, and into the great castle hall
When the master urged,
The robot girl emerged
When the king laid eyes upon the girl
He was delighted
His men all were knighted
He yelled aloud for all the world
I'll take her for my queen!
And the man screamed
Please don't take my child!
I beg you, mighty king!
And he grabbed him by his tailcoat
And threw him in the moat
Later in their wedding bed
The king was shocked to see
A tender kiss upon the cheek
Unleashed an armory
Rocket launchers and flamethrowing guns
Grew from her sides
And she grew to seven times her size
Run!
On the morn of August twenty-four
He was dejected when lest he expected
A knock was heard upon the door
It was his robot girl
For you see, he'd made her indestructible
It seems that she destroyed that awful kingdom
And they lived happily.
So you see, the moral of the story is：
Never take a child away from a loving parent
Especially not ones who make children who shoot rockets from
their eyes
4.Oh, Lord, Wake The Dead!
You better look down and shake your head
Look down and shake your head
Get down and shake a leg
Get down and shake a leg
Jump down and wake the dead
Jump down and wake them
Oh Lord! Oh Lord!
(2x)
Oh Lord! Can it be true？
These things they say about you
Oh what am I to do？
Oh Lord
When I look out of my window
Everything I see
Is hate and murder, stabbin',
Stealin', rape and larceny
Well I heard that you can stop it Lord
But you just let it be
It make you look down and shake your head
They act like rabid monkeys
Chained up in a zoo
And the Bible says that each of us
Is modeled after you
Well hell, that should offend you Lord
If it does, here's what you do
You ought to look down and shake your head
Look down and shake your head
Get down and shake a leg
Get down and shake a leg
Jump down and wake the dead
Jump down and wake them
Oh Lord! Oh Lord!
Oh Lord, can't you see？
What this has done to me？
I've lost my faith in thee
Woes me.
Well the preacher on the TV
He tells me if I'm poor
I should give him all my money
Cause the Lord will give me more
Well I saw him wink and
Drag a sack of cash on out the door
Well, he bought himself a Cadillac
And now I got less than before!
Oh!
Look down and shake your head
Look down and shake your head
Get down and shake a leg
Get down and shake a leg
You better jump down and wake the dead
Jump down and wake them
Oh Lord! Oh Lord!
(2x)
They say you'll bring down Armageddon
They say you'll break the Seventh Seal
Well I hope you bring down Armageddon
Cause through the fire and the brimstone
At least I'll finally know you're real
Real, real, real! Oh!
Oh Lord! How can it be？
That you won't talk to me？
Oh woe, woe's me, poor me
Look down and shake your head
Look down and shake your head
Get down and shake a leg
Get down and shake a leg
You better jump down and wake the dead
Jump down and wake them
Oh Lord! Oh Lord!
(2x)
People on the street, they're ugly, mean and rude
They're bumping into me, they're bumping into you
They never say 'excuse me' or 'how do you do'.
Oh lord
Oh lord
I swear to you the next fool who come shootin' his mouth off
'Bout his almighty friend up in the sky
He's gonna get a mighty load of me when I sound off
In the way of kick right in his eye
You're like my landlord in this hovel where I sit
I always pay my rent but you ain't never fixing shit (shut yo'
mouth!)
You should take a look around Lord, your world is just the pits
Oh Lord, Woooaaaah Looord
5.Cathouse Tragedy
Move it along.
Don't dilly-dally,
Men are waiting.
Gentlemen!
Come on in, right on in,
To our temple of sin,
The sensual land, sublime
With multiple versions
Of every perversion
And women of every kind
If you're a fellow
Who likes a bordello
With something on for a change,
Two dollars more,
You can have a dead whore
We specialize in the strange
If you get lucky this evening
And one takes you up for a whirl
Might I suggest you look under the dress
'Cause we can't tell the boys from the girls here!
Tragedy! At the cathouse tonight!
Come and see
Why we like to call our cathouse
Tragedy!
What a curious sight!
Our female selection
Is not quite perfection
It's like biting into a bitter confection
At Cathouse Tragedy!
There's an Asian albino
And as far as I know
She has the prosthetic eye
And if you approve it
She'll gladly remove it
If you tire of her thighs
Don't be alarmed
By the girl with no arms
She's actually quite a treat
And if you wanna
She'll peel your banana
She's bloody good with her feet!
If you get lucky this evening
And one takes you up for a spin
Might be suggestin'
You don't know where these girls have been!
Tragedy! At the cathouse tonight!
Come and see
Why we like to call our cathouse
Tragedy!
It's a curious sight!
Our female selection
Is not quite perfection
It's like biting into a bitter confection
At Cathouse Tragedy!
They called you pretty
In your hometown
Not to be petty,
But here in the city,
You're not all that pretty,
You're lucky we keep you around!
Now get back to work!
Come on in to the cathouse!
We've got pussies of every kind!
We have black, white and yellow and red ones!
And only one or two are feline!
I'm your benevolent MC
And I'm here to make sure they behave
Sure, they smell like cheese
And they're full of disease,
But just think of the money you'll save!
Tragedy! At the cathouse tonight!
Come and see
Why we like to call our cathouse
Tragedy!
It's a curious sight!
Our female collection
Is not quite perfection
It's like biting into a bitter confection
At Cathouse Tragedy!
At the Cathouse Tragedy!
I don't want to be here anymore than you.
Ahh, I should've been a dentist.
6.The Dirtiest Song That Ain't
I've been 'round for a long time
And I learned along the way：
If you wanna go on the radio
There are words you just can't say!
Well, I thought hard about it
And I found a way around it
Help me go on the radio, you gotta say the words I can't.
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't.
Come on, ma'am, won't you give me your hand
And say the words I can't？
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't
Down in Carolina
So I reached down between us
Skipped right past the suckin'
She turned and said： 'I gotta ask,
Help me go on the radio and say the words I can't.
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't.
Come on, ma'am, won't you give me your hand
And say the words I can't？
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't
Her husband was a trucker
I didn't wanna wrastle
I heard him come through the kitchen door
I knew I'd end up in a ditch
Help me go on the radio and say the words I can't.
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't.
Come on, ma'am, won't you give me your hand
And say the words I can't？
You got to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't
'Mercy, please!' I told him,
And he did something heinous
I said 'I don't mean to seem crass,
He said 'My wife's a beard, and she lured you here.
Help me go on the radio by saying the words I can't.
You have to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song that ain't.
Sir and ma'am, thanks for lending a hand.
By saying the words I can't.
You have to sing along to make this song
The dirtiest song,
The filthiest song,
The dirtiest song that ain't.
7.Riding A Black Unicorn
A darkness falls over the land
Enslaves with a wave of its hand
And I tried to see the light through the disease
I try to get up on my feet
Been so long shackled down on my knees
Oh somewhere deep inside, I know
That fate favors the bold
So tonight, I'm riding a black unicorn
Down the side of an erupting volcano
And I drink, drink, drink
From a chalice filled
With the laughter of small children
When darkness is drowning your soul
And makes you feel alone in the cold
Find me, and grab a hold
This chalice, it overflows
So tonight, you're riding a black unicorn
Down the side of an erupting volcano
And you drink, drink, drink
From a chalice filled
With the laughter of small children
Lords of strength and gods of might
Hand over the reigns
Lest our path mad tonight
We find the will to break these chains
And ride!
So tonight, we're riding our black unicorns
Down the side of an erupting volcano
And we drink, drink, drink
From a chalice filled
With the laughter of small children
And the blood and tears of our enemies
8.The Straight Razor Cabaret
In a café
On the Champs-Élysées
I saw a girl the other day
I was beguiled
'Til I saw her smile
It was a gash across her face
Not long ago, she found that she was alone
So she wandered into the vaudeville show
She should've known it'd be bad,
She saw the name that it had：
The Straight Razor Cabaret
The first act was a stripper
And the host looked like Jack the Ripper
But the audience was dreary
So he slashed them smiles from ear to ear
He used a straight razor,
'Cause he's a face-raper
And there's nothing he hates more
Than a stick in the mud
And if he tells a joke,
You better laugh 'til you choke
At the Straight Razor Cabaret
When I went down to Camden Town
I saw a man reading the Bible
I won't in haste describe his face
For I might be sued for libel
Not long ago, he found that he was alone
So he wandered into the vaudeville show
He should've known he'd be maimed
When he discovered the name：
The Straight Razor Cabaret
While a strumpet stroked a donkey
The host juggled five dead monkeys
But the audience was snobs
So he took a knife right to their gobs
He used a straight razor,
'Cause he's a face-raper
And there's nothing he hates more
Than a stick in the mud
And if he does a trick
You better laugh until you're sick
At the Straight Razor Cabaret
They call him straight razor
'Cause he's a face-raper,
And there's nothing he hates more
Than a stick in the mud
If he pulls a gaffe
You better bloody up and laugh,
At the Straight Razor Cabaret
At the Straight Razor Cabaret
At the Straight Razor Cabaret
9.Innocent
All the evil in the world
Pushing down on you
And all the venom in their words
What could you do？
What kind of ignorance
Causes them to be so,
So sick and vile and evil
You did nothing to them
It's just not fair, you don't deserve it.
It's not your fault
You're innocent
It's the world that's wrong
You're innocent
When they scream and when they yell
And tear you down
They make your life a living hell
When they come 'round
There's nothing you can say
That doesn't contradict them,
'Cause all they want's a victim
On which to vent their rage
It's just not fair, you don't deserve it.
It's not your fault
You're innocent
It's the world that's wrong
You're innocent
Just hold on,
You're innocent
Some day the world will belong
To the innocent
So let's wear black,
Let's blast The Cure and Siouxsie
Then we'll go see
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
And then we'll forget to go home.
It's not your fault
You're innocent
It's the world that's wrong
You're innocent.
Just hold on,
You're innocent.
Some day the world will belong
To the innocent.
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