Ladies and gentlemen

May I direct your attention to the centre ring

Where hollow princes and shallow kings

Perform their tricks while justice swings

From side to side

And may I remind you once again

Of the spectacle about to begin

Now forming at the darkest

End of the big top

Don't forget to take your place in line

Leave your mind behind

And join the precession of the people

By the people and for the people

Your own wonderful parade

Your wonderful parade

Moving through the towns that rise and then they fade

Over streets that pass the houses where you've stayed

Your wonderful parade

Your daily masquerade

Paper masks that hide the faces you have made

Crumbled down upon foundations you've laid

Your daily masquerade

Stand in line

Try to climb

Meet your wife at cocktail time

Sure to lose

So try and choose

A better way to fall

Your marvelous charade

Never could be worth the prices that you've paid

Blindness is a part of every game you played

Your marvelous parade

(Ahh your marvelous parade)

Stand in line

Try to climb

Meet your wife at cocktail time

Sure to lose

So try and choose

A better way to fall

Your marvelous charade (your marvelous charade)

Never could be worth the prices that you've paid

Blindness is a part of every game you played

Your marvelous parade (your daily masquerade)

(Your wonderful parade)