Lyrics

HEY PUT IT UP PUT IT UP
TAKE IT DOWN
MOVING IN TO THE NEXT TOWN
WE GOTTA GO MR. MUDSHOW (2X)

RIDING ALL NIGHT WITH THE FAT LADY ON MY LAP
DON?T KNOW WHERE WE?RE GOING
THEY WON?T GIVE US A MAP
AND MY BEST FRIEND IS THE SWORD SWALLOWER
IT?S NOT WHAT SHE CAN DO
THAT MAKES US ALL IN LOVE WITH HER

HEY PUT IT UP PUT IT UP
TAKE IT DOWN
MOVING IN TO THE NEXT TOWN
WE GOTTA GO MR. MUDSHOW
HEY PUT IT UP PUT IT UP
TAKE IT DOWN
MOVING IN TO THE NEXT TOWN
WE GOTTA GO MR. MUDSHOW

RAISE THE BIG TOP IT?S A THREE RING
SEE THE MONKEYS LAUGH AND THE ACROBATS SWING
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR THE SCARY HIGH WIRE TRICK
AND THE CROWD GOES WILD
TO THE SOUND OF ELEPHANT MUSIC
HEY!

I WAS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN I JOINED UP
I RAN AWAY
LEFT A GOODBYE NOTE ON MY PILLOW
DESTINY WAS CALLING ON THE FIRST OF MAY

HEY PUT IT UP PUT IT UP
TAKE IT DOWN
MOVING IN TO THE NEXT TOWN
WE GOTTA GO MR. MUDSHOW
HEY PUT IT UP PUT IT UP
TAKE IT DOWN
MOVING IN TO THE NEXT TOWN
WE GOTTA GO MR. MUDSHOW