Circus Singer Lyrics

So

You think you can be a circus singer?

Not sure who you think you are

But you're green here, fella

Like real moldy vanilla

And the only green we listen to

Is dollar billas

You gotta understand and feel me this

People only come to the tents for the elephants

And the trapecists, and the women barely dressed

They don't care about the air you're blowing out your chest

Tell us then

Why would you want to do this?

What do you get from it?

What makes anyone want to sing?

What does it take?

What did I forget to bring?

When no one's even listening

Why won't you just speak?

Fine, Jesus, here have a bite to eat

I couldn't even get the rats to sniff this meat

You can sleep on this hay

We try to keep it dry and

Most of it hasn't been shit on today

And by the way

This is all it is

And no one's forcing you to stay

What makes you want to sing?

What does it take?

What did I forget to bring?

When no one's even listening

Why won't you just speak?

He's up in the night

Humming in the dark again

He's singing lullabies

By the lion's den

He's out in the dawn a.m.

Harmonizing by the grizzlies' pen

He's predictable is all I'm saying

And I have been thinking

I mean, I have just been thinking

I have

And I had a notion

Why don't we push him in?

We all had enough of his bullshit

What keeps him singing?

What keeps him singing?

When no one's even listening

He won't speak

What keeps him singing?

When no one, I mean no one is listening