Dear Madam Barnum

XTC · Nonsuch [1992]

I put on a fake smileAnd start the evening showThe

public is laughingI guess by now they knowSo climb

from your high horseAnd pull this freak show downDear

madam barnumI resign as clownYou said I was the master

of all I surveyedBut now I'm sweeping upThe last in

line in your circus paradeChildren are clappingAs I

fall to the floorMy heart torn and brokenAnd they just

scream for moreIf I'm not the sole foolWho pulls his

trousers downThen dear madam barnumI resign as clownYou

tread the high wireBetween truth and liesYour safety

net just walked outMuch to your surpriseStrike up the

band loveAnd let the show beginFor this is the last

timeI'm painting on a grinIf I'm not the sole foolWho

pulls his trousers downThen dear madam barnumI resign as clown