Lyrics

Everyone's happy now it's circus time
Waiting for popcorn and standing in line
Not a frown on a face, no one's out of place
Except for one who hides behind his smile

Laughing and shouting and pushing around
Movement and dancing it's a merry go round
It lights up the night, but it lights it too bright
And then for a time it leaves you fully blind

Magic mirrors for a dime
Buying laughter for a time
But they can never show what's inside

Traveling troupes it's a menagerie
Of fortunes and vendors and tents and marquees
Through the boisterous crowd I saw a sad face
And then through the crowd he began to fade away

Everyone's happy except for the one who hides behind his smile