Standard (EADGBE)

 In the past the fools would pay

 To see the freaks of the day

 Contradictions of the norm

 The bizarre, the wonderful and deformed

 No need for the tents and the cages now

 The world comes to my eyes

 In front of my TV circus

 A freak show in disguise

 Circles and roundabouts

 How much did you know

 Going round and coming back

 The world freak show

 Swings and revolutions

 How much did you know

 Going round and coming back

 The world freak show

Another tree is coming down

Another harpooned whale is drowned

Another child's belly needs feeding

On land the fast-food chain is bleeding

And we bought our new green wool

And pulled it over our eyes

As the circus on all around

A freak show in disguise

Circles and roundabouts...

And it's circles and roundabouts...

(no chords)

Peristroika, Reform, Glasnost

(Hardcore sell, Overhead cost)

News at ten, The House, Big Ben

(Half truths, Now and then)

Pol Pot (Border) Massacre (Slaughter)

Rainforests (The president's daughter)

Irradiate (Evacuate)

((Use, Abuse, Manipulate))

 The people's will, their bellies full

 Multi-nationals, ((kill, kill, kill))

 Dead dictator, sniper's retreat

 People claim the power seat

 Wall comes down, people stand up

 Cross the border, customs shut

 Forklift, Airlift, Foreign Aid

 Pockets lined, Army blockade

 Evolution, Progress, Regress

 Power, Possession, Energy Harness

 Economy, Market, High or low

 How much did you know

 In the world freak show...

 The world freak show, world freak show, world freak.