This Year's Thing Lyrics - Chumbawamba

Roll up, roll up 

The greatest show on earth 

Animals, clowns, freaks, misfits, contortionists 

Fun for all the family 

Currently residing in the 'where are they now' file 

All tied up in elastic 

Stubborn like weeds they've been here all the while 

I saw the egos grow 

In good working order adjustable spanner 

Industry junkies 

Regurgitated cabaret under the hammer 

They were running the show 

(Chorus) 

Let's hear it for this year's thing 

Come on 

Last year's thing 

Come on 

Next year's thing 

Come on 

(Repeat) 

Step right this way 

Thrills chills and spills 

Marvel at the daring feats 

Pure entertainment 

Karaoke sex we can spend the night together 

I made a date with Elvis 

While someone does a runner with the group's bread and butter 

I heard the colonel sing 

From a packet of twenty when will they learn? 

SickalongaDanbert 

That for one good smoke there's nineteen that burn 

I never saw the strings attached to 

(Repeat chorus) 

Jump a little higher 

Live by fire die by fire 

I am the dog in the manger 

Or a dodgy brown packet with suspicious-looking wires 

Here's my starter for ten 

Behind that pane of glass your special backstage pass 

Hear the never-has-beens 

Meet the manager with his kecks down and kiss his arse 

And watch it happen again 

This time it's 

(Repeat chorus) 

One, two, three, four 

This year's thing, this year's thing, this year's thing 

Politics is this year's thing 

(Repeat)