I was watching the man on the tightrope

He was doing his best to stay up

And he was swaying from side to side

And the crowd around him cried

And the nails of the lady beside me

Were digging into my skin

And her breathing was becoming excited

As they let the lions in

She said "Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

With the smell of the beast in my nostril

And the look of her fear in my eye

Then the king of the jungle camе forward

And the crowd began to sigh

And the lady who'd been sitting bеside me

Was lying upon the ground

And the clown who was riding the cycle

Was going around and around

He said "Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

Come on and take me to the circus

I wanna see the lion, I wanna see the tiger

I wanna see the chimpanzee

The chimpanzee wants to see me, all right

Take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Take me to the circus

Take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Take me to the circus

Take me to the circus

Take me to the circus

You know I'm going home to my mama

And listen to some String Driven Thing

I've had enough weeks in the circus

And none of them are in the ring

You know I'm going home to my mama

And hang on to her apron string

I've had enough of life in the circus

The animals ate everything

She said "Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

Come on and take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

I wanna see the lion, I wanna see the tiger

I wanna see the chimpanzee, all right

The chimpanzee wants to see me, oh yeah

Take me to the circus, come on down

Take me to the circus, mama, mama, mama, mama

Take me to the circus, all right

Take me to the circus, come on, come on

Take me to the circus