Welcome to the Freakshow
(An original song by yours truly)
Tell me the story of how I came here
Eyes so wide and innocently eager to know
What happened behind the curtains of the freak show
I was the girl with the red balloon
Who tricked the vendor into giving me cotton candy
Good thing Mom and Daddy made me handy
What was this worthless education worth
They taught me how to bend my body
Taught the girl behind the glass just how to be naughty
Nobody told me this was going to be painful
Although I am the favorite of the paying crowd
Daddy won't come back no matter what I scream or how loud
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome to the freak show
Everybody looks through a little window
In order to see me to my little party tricks and treats
So hurry little red-balloon bottoms to their circus seats
Deadly is the smile that I flash at people now
Mom and Daddy gave me away because they're poor
And so the pretty people here showed me how to work the floor
I saw the boy who stole a peanut from the stand
He never even saw what was coming as it happened then
Lots of little boys know how to grow into smiling-faced strong men
Little children who are thieves really need to learn
How to sneak away without getting strung along
My favorite is the bird-girl in the cage and her sweet song
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome to the freak show
I think about the nights that I lost track of thoughts
As I sat huddled in the softly swaying circus train
Listening to the sounds of the early summer soaking rain
And as the tent goes up and more suckers flow in
We all learn to envy the kids who listen to their folks
They don't get stuck as my clown friends telling horrid birthday jokes
Please keep the records straight in my head
So tell me the story again of why I wanted this
Learning how to break myself and give a better kiss
They teach me how to break and bend my body
I know how every jagged angle of my broken heart looks
Welcome to the nasty den of God's most heartless crooks
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome
So welcome
So welcome to the freak show
Tell me the story of how I came here
Eyes so wide and innocently eager to know
What happened behind the curtains of the freak show
I was the girl with the red balloon
Who tricked the vendor into giving me cotton candy
Good thing Mom and Daddy made me handy
What was this worthless education worth
They taught me how to bend my body
Taught the girl behind the glass just how to be naughty
Nobody told me this was going to be painful
Although I am the favorite of the paying crowd
Daddy won't come back no matter what I scream or how loud
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome to the freak show
Everybody looks through a little window
In order to see me to my little party tricks and treats
So hurry little red-balloon bottoms to their circus seats
Deadly is the smile that I flash at people now
Mom and Daddy gave me away because they're poor
And so the pretty people here showed me how to work the floor
I saw the boy who stole a peanut from the stand
He never even saw what was coming as it happened then
Lots of little boys know how to grow into smiling-faced strong men
Little children who are thieves really need to learn
How to sneak away without getting strung along
My favorite is the bird-girl in the cage and her sweet song
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome to the freak show
I think about the nights that I lost track of thoughts
As I sat huddled in the softly swaying circus train
Listening to the sounds of the early summer soaking rain
And as the tent goes up and more suckers flow in
We all learn to envy the kids who listen to their folks
They don't get stuck as my clown friends telling horrid birthday jokes
Please keep the records straight in my head
So tell me the story again of why I wanted this
Learning how to break myself and give a better kiss
They teach me how to break and bend my body
I know how every jagged angle of my broken heart looks
Welcome to the nasty den of God's most heartless crooks
The red stripes on the curtains
Tell you all you'll ever need to know
You're never getting out again
So welcome
So welcome
So welcome to the freak show