I heard the distant drum beat
A sweet sound of the fife
And from this song, a calling
A purpose to my life
Lift them up and let them see
How much they stand again
Living by my word, indeed
A cut against the grain
Like a blinding sense of vision
Or a brush fire in the weeds
A show to finally end all shows
Is what the people need
And we sing
Hip hip hooray
And let your cheers be heard
Hip hip hooray
And let your soul be stirred
Once you get them in the dye
You know they're gonna ask for more
Hip hip hooray
Hip hip hooray
Suitable, they say
Hip hip hooray
P. T. Barnum once said there's a s**er born every
I think I can cut the time in half
But it is very simple
Let the cream rise to the top
Skim a little just for taste
While tending to the flock
I'll change wine back to water
Then offer you a drink
You can lead a horse to slaughter
But you cannot make him think
With surgical precision
And attention to detail
I can build a human empire
That will never, never fail
Hip hip hooray
Leave nothing to chance
Hip hip hooray
Invision every circumstance
No dime museum, no raree show
A spectacle as apropos
They'll all fall down before they go
And they have nowhere left to go
Sing hip hip hooray
I'll gather them into the pin
Rinse, repeat, begin again
Nothing is beyond my kin
It's my own version of amen
Sing hip hip hooray
Oh, let me hear it
Sing hip hip hooray