Everyone talked in rhyme
 Everyone saw the big clock tick-in',
 Nobody knew, nobody knew the time
 Elegant d?butantes smiled
 Everyone fought for dimes
 Newspapers screamed for blood
 It was the best of times

 Every place around the world, it seemed the same
 Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
 Everybody wants to look the other way
 When something wicked this way comes

 Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
 Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me

 Everyone told the truth
 All that we heard were lies
 A Pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past
 This was a big surprise
 Nobody knew the time
 Everyone fell in love
 A Cardinal's wife was jailed
 The government saved a dying planet
 When popular icons failed

 Every place around the world it seemed the same
 Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
 Everybody wants to look the other way
 When something wicked this way comes

 Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
 Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me
 Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me