[Verse 1]
Tonight you will see things you won't believe
Don't trust your eyes or minds for they're about to be deceived
Don't search for the white rabbit, he ain't got time for you
The Great Barzoni's got him up his sleeve
Like every night, the troupe is well prepared
There's cotton candy scent and always music in the air
And Boris hides his face behind a red nose and a laugh
Without his coat of makeup you'd be scared
[Chorus]
Step right in, the greatest show on this side of the world is to begin
Bring your kin and leave all reason at the door
Join our crowd of sinners, freaks and ba*tards
We're gonna dance forever
We shall not find redemption anymore
[Verse 2]
The Flying Fratellinis got the nerve
A couple of double somersaults, their tension turns to verve
They're used to walk the tightrope. What's left for them to lose?
Some people say, they got what they deserved
Please give a hand to Madame Marie-Claire
She'll dance the cooch with nothin' but a ribbon in her hair
But gentlemen, be careful: for this is even hotter than
The day they sent ol' Topsy to the chair
[Chorus]
Step right in, the greatest show on this side of the world is to begin
Bring your kin and leave all reason at the door
Join our crowd of sinners, freaks and ba*tards
We're gonna dance forever
We shall not find redemption anymore
[Verse 3]
And then one night they caught us unprepared
The ragtag came to finally settle the affair
And while the troupe was sleeping, somebody put a scent
Of gasoline and brimstone in the air
Now listen up, you people in this town
Once you said, you didn't want such gypsy folk around
But we won't strike the big top, I think we're gonna stay
And draw the curtain once the sun goes down
[Chorus]
Step right in, the greatest show on this side of the world is to begin
We've been practising since Nineteen-Forty-Four
Join our crowd of sinners, freaks and ba*tards
We're gonna dance forever
We'll take a bow and give you an encore