The Tiger Lillies Cheapest Show song lyrics

The lion he has got false teeth, the fire eater is a cheat

the exotic dancer is antique.

The high-wire artist broke his nose, the dancing bears got gangrened toes,

& all the artists need new clothes.

Cut price is the acrobat, the fortune teller is a hack, the clowns make up is all cracked

It's the cheapest show you've ever seen

with drunks drug addicts & old queens

its garish gaudy & obscene.

Half the staff are pimps & whores

too old to do it anymore,

they're all old, ugly, stupid, poor

The boss drinks like an unblocked drain

he's ugly stupid & he's vain & he's so in debt he should elope to Spain

The big top it has got more holes than a dart board

its so old, its gangrened green with mould.

It's the cheapest show you've ever seen

with drunks drug addicts & old queens

its garish gaudy & obscene.