There was a girl who came to me
Wanting to join the circus
And I said yes yes-yes-yes yes, yeah yeah yeah-yeah
Yes yes-yes-yes yes, yeah
There was a man who came to me
Wanting to purchase my circus
And I said no no-no-no no, no-no-no-no
No no-no-no no, no-no-no-no-no-no
You've got really big shoes to fill
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha, yeah, ah
There was a boy who came to me
Wanting to clean up after the circus
And I said yes yes-yes-yes yes, yeah yeah yeah
Yes yes-yes-yes yes, yeah
There was a baby who came to me
Wanting to puke inside my circus
And I said oh, no-no-no no, no-no-no-no
No no-no-no no, no-no-no-no-no-no
You've got really big shoes to fill
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha, yeah
(I mean how can you blame me, she was givin' me the cold shoulder)