World Freak Show Lyrics - Levellers

In the past fools would pay 

To see the freaks of the day 

Contradictions of the norm 

The bizarre, the wonderful and deformed 

No need for the tents 

And the cages now 

The world comes to my eyes 

In front of my TV circus 

A freak show in disguise 

circles and roundabouts 

How much did you know 

Going round and coming back 

The world freak show 

Swings and revolutions 

How much did you know 

Going round an coming back 

World freak show 

Another tree is coming down 

Another harponed whale is drowned 

Another child's belly needs feeding 

On land of the fast food chain is bleeding 

And we bought our new green wool 

And pulled it over our eyes 

As the circus goes on 

All around 

A freak show in disguise 

PERISTROIKA/REFORM/GLASNOST 

HARDCORE SELL/OVERHEAD COST 

NEWS AT TEN/THE HOUSE/BIG BEN 

HALF TRUTHS/NOW AND THEN 

POL POT/BORDER/MASSACRE/SLAUGHTER 

RAINFORESTS/THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER 

IRRADIATE/EVACUATE/USE/ABUSE/MANIPULATE 

THE PEOPLE'S WILL/THEIR BELLIES FULL 

MULTINATIONALLS/KILL/KILL/KILL 

DEAD DICTATOR/SNIPERS RETREAT 

PEOPLE CLAIM THE POWER SEAT 

WALL COMES DOWN/PEOPLE STAND UP 

CROSS THE BORDER/CUSTOMS SHUT 

FORKLIFT/AIRLIFT/FOREIGN AID 

POCKEDS LINED/ARMY BLOCKADE 

EVOLUTION/PROGRESS/REGRESS 

POWER/POSSESION/ENERGY HARNESS 

ECONOMY/MARKET HIGH OR LOW HOW 

MUCH DID YOU KNOW