Come Look at the Freaks

COMPANY Come look at the freaks The pygmies and geeks Come examine these aberrations Their malformations Grotesque physiques Only pennies for peeks Come look at the freaks MEN Come look at the freaks (Ah, ah, ah) They'll haunt you for weeks ALL Come explore why they fascinate you Exasperate you And flush your cheeks WOMAN Come hear how love speaks ALL Come look at the freaks SIR Ladies and Gentlemen Step right up Right this way There is no wait We don't waste your time So little to pay Just one thin dime Gains you admission To my odditorium Never have you seen A comparable emporium Of wonders under one tent Your dime could not be better spent Come see a curious gal The bearded lady See a man with an extra appendage Instead of two legs there's three Come see our tattooed girl She's a walking marquee Come see our elegant geek Refined but deadly Chicken necks delight his incisors Their heads decorate the mud His favourite cocktail drink? It's warm chicken blood! From the barren desert Of the heathen camel trade The lizard man of Khartoum An encounter with him will mean certain doom And from the Far East See this intriguing specimen Is it woman? Is it man? I guess you'll be satisfied either way With half and half from Saipan! Come have your fortune foretold! Then see a boy who's a dog! The living Venus de Milo lacking both arms! And from the Siberian tundra -- The world's tiniest Cossacks! He's punctured! He's pierced! He's the human pin cushion! ALL Come see God's mistakes The freaks God forsakes Take a look at exotic creatures Their mangled features The mess God makes SIR And we don't harbour fakes ALL Come see God's mistakes SIR From the inky jungles Of the darkest continent Time to witness first hand The ferocity of the cannibal king We keep him chained up Because we know he's hankering For a taste of one of you And you are here for enlightenment Not stock for cannibal stew Ladies and Gentlemen With great pride Misty-eyed I now present The stars of our show No duo is more simpatico Though their condition Is called "abnormality" They've developed charm And gifts of musicality Their bond immutably strong Just listen to their haunting song DAISY AND VIOLET Ah, ah, ah Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah SIR Scientists tell me that Siamese twins come from the same life germ and that their complete separation was retarded in some way -- perhaps, while pregnant, their mother witnessed dogs stuck together copulating. They are called "Siamese" after Chang and Eng, the first widely known specimens. Siamese twins share everything -- yet remain completely separate in their minds, bodily functions and, presumably, their souls. But enough about science. Sing, girls, sing! DAISY AND VIOLET Ahh ahhh ahhhh Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah Ahhh ahh ahhh Ah-ahhh-ahh-ah ahh-ahhhhh SIR Come look at the Freaks (Spread the word) The pygmies and geeks (Tell the world) What you've seen and heard SIR AND ALL Come examine these aberrations Their malformations Grotesque physiques SIR Only pennies for peeks SIR AND ALL Come look at the freaks!