(Mark Hollis / Ian Curnow) One by one Every courtesy is gone And the show begins Bring on the clowns Pain is quiet I've laughed at silence For the last time Let the show begin For the last time Sometimes one Sometimes each of us is wrong But the show begins Bring on the clowns Blind to reason These eyes are dreaming For the last time Let the show begin For the last time Let the show begin Bring on the clowns Smiling sweetly Doubt may leave me For the last time Let the show begin For the last t ime Let the show begin For the last time
