Come Look At The Freaks

Come look at the freaks
Come gape at the geeks
Come examine these aberrations
Their malformations
Grotesque physiques
Only pennies for peeks
Come look at the freaks.

Come look at the freaks
They'll haunt you for weeks
Come explore why they fascinate you
Exasperate you
And flush your cheeks
Come hear how love speaks
Come look at the freaks.

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!

Come see God's mistakes
The freaks God forsakes
Take a look at exotic creatures
Their mangled features
The mess God makes.

And we don't harbor fakes
Come see God's mistakes.

From the inky jungles
Of the darkest continent
You will 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 as 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.
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah.

Scientists tell me that Siamese twinsncome 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!

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah.

Come look at the Freaks
The pygmies and geeks.

Spread the word
Tell the world
What you've seen and heard.

Come examine these aberrations
Their malformations
Grotesque physiques
Only pennies for peeks
Come look at the freaks!