The singer cries for people's lies
   He will sing for the day to bring him night
   The circus burns in carnival flame
   And for a while you won't know my name at all
   But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold
  
   The juggling clown smiles to me
   And every frown we agree is glad
   The nighttime comes to bring the bums
   From Bowery heat to crimson streets of wine
   But magic lands will never touch our sands
  
   Your children smile in single file
   They learn mistakes that others make
   They see although they cannot know
   The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild
   But dance and sing, for others bring the shame
   And for a while you won't know my name