Roll up roll up 

The greatest show on Earth 

Animals clowns freaks misfits contortionists 

Fun for all the family 



Currently residing in the 'where are they now' file 

All tied up in elastic 

Stubborn like weeds they've been here all the while 

I saw the egis grow 

In good working order adjustable spanner 

Industry junkies 

Regurgitated cabaret under the hammer 

They were running the show 



Let's hear it for 

this year's thing 

Last year's thing 

Next year's thing 



Step right this way 

Thrills chills and spills 

Marvel at the daring feats 

Pure entertainment 



Karaoke sex we can spend the night together 

I made a date with Elvis 

While someone does a runner with the group's bread and butter 

I heard the colonel sing 

From a packet of twenty when will they learn 

Sickalongadanbert 

That for one good smoke there's nineteen that burn 

I never saw the strings 



Attached to 

This year's thing 

Last year's thing 

Next year's thing 



Jump a little higher 

Live by fire die by fire 

I am the dog in the manger 

Or a dodgy brown packet with suspicious-looking wires 

Here's my starter for ten 

Behind that pane of glass your special backstage pass 

Hear the never-has-been 

Meet the manager with his kex down and kiss his arse 

And watch what happen again 



This time it's this year's thing 

Last year's thing 

Next year's thing 

Politics is this year's thing