Everybody get your ticket, it's almost time
To set up this freak show, watch me unwind
For the next ninety minutes we'll be having the time of our lives

I might sing something pretty if I'm feeling loved
I might kick out the footlights if I drink too much
I'll give it all that I have hoping this time it might be enough

Till they pack up my guitars and unplug my star

Oh, a ringmaster's night gets lonely after the big top comes down
Yeah, 'cause I go from being somebody to just another clown
When the circus leaves town

And it's all wasted hours till I'm back on stage
And it's scary sometimes what I will do to pass them away

You learn to live for the lights when they're keeping you alive

Oh, a ringmaster's night gets lonely after the big top comes down
Yeah, 'cause I go from being somebody to just another clown
When the circus leaves town

Oh, a ringmaster's night gets lonely after the big top comes down
Yeah, and I go from being somebody to just another clown
When the circus leaves town, when the circus leaves town, yeah
I'm leaving this town