good morning boys and girls
and welcome to my freakshow
please form a single line
and keep your eyes turned low
be careful, what you see
belongs to infamy
it's taken quite some time to put this here for you
let's move along now so
there are some things to show
we'll dedicate your suffering to this neverending freakshow
on the left you'll find the natural world
or at least the smell of hunger
we've done our best to cage the beast
and humiliate the thunder
if you look closely enough
you'll see they are quite tame
they watch tv with the rest of you and cower from the rain
let's move along now so
there are more things to show
we'll dedicate your suffering to this neverending freakshow
on the right you'll find the race of gods
I'm sure you know the halos
the lot of them are playing dice
to negotiate their payloads
if you listen close enough
you'll hear they are quite lame
they bitch about most everything and it all remains the same
let's move along now so
there is one more to go
we'll dedicate your suffering to this neverending freakshow
and here at centre stage
we find the main attraction
that pomous brood of buffed babboons
who kill with every action
if your sense is sharp enough
you'll recognize your face
and see this tribe of imbecils is but the human race
now move along now so
but there is nowhere to go
you'll dedicate your suffering in this neverending freakshow
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