Our trucks pull in at dawn
We climb out slowly, stretch and yawn
Our coffee's black. Fire up the lifts!
Hike up your pants! Help me with this!
We're gonna fill this empty lot

Strong men carry truss
More than enough to bury us
Contortionists bolt it together
Bright red tent to block bad weather
We're setting bleachers up

We're playing in your town
The critics claim we're a bunch of clowns
They may be right
So put your rubber noses on
Sour-faces cynics try to jerk us
Calling us the average circus
We don't care
We're having lots of fun

Fire dancer rigging lights
Acrobats working at heights
Run DMX and Edison
So we can rake in Benjamins
Big big show tonight

Minutes to the show
We're all amped up, ready to go
So hit the lights, crank up the sound
Our makeup's right, send in the clowns
Let's go, let's go, let's go [let's go!]

We're playing in your town
The show is on and I'm a clown
Face painted white
I got my rubber nose stuck on
Sour-faces cynics try to jerk us
Calling us the average circus
We don't care
We're having lots of fun

Silly man, aiming for the heights
[Might not achieve it]
A different town tomorrow night
Believe it!

We're playing in your town
The show is on and I'm a clown
Face painted white
I got my rubber nose stuck on
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na average circus
We don't care
We're having lots of fun