In the past fools would pay
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to see the freaks of the day
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contradictions of the norm
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the bizarre, the wonderful and deformed
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no need for the tents
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and the cages now
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the world comes to my eyes
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in front of my TV circus
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a freak show in disguise
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circles and roundabouts
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how much did you know
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going round and coming back
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the world freak show
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swings and revolutions
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how much did you know
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going round an coming back
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world freak show
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Another tree is coming down
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another harponed whale is drowned
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another child's belly needs feeding
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on land of the fast food chain is bleeding
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and we bought our new green wool
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and pulled it over our eyes
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as the circus goes on
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all around
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a freak show in disguise
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PERISTROIKA/REFORM/GLASNOST
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HARDCORE SELL/OVERHEAD COST
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NEWS AT TEN/THE HOUSE/BIG BEN
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HALF TRUTHS/NOW AND THEN
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POL POT/BORDER/MASSACRE/SLAUGHTER
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RAINFORESTS/THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER
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IRRADIATE/EVACUATE/USE/ABUSE/MANIPULATE
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THE PEOPLE'S WILL/THEIR BELLIES FULL
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MULTINATIONALLS/KILL/KILL/KILL
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DEAD DICTATOR/SNIPERS RETREAT
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PEOPLE CLAIM THE POWER SEAT
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WALL COMES DOWN/PEOPLE STAND UP
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CROSS THE BORDER/CUSTOMS SHUT
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FORKLIFT/AIRLIFT/FOREIGN AID
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POCKEDS LINED/ARMY BLOCKADE
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EVOLUTION/PROGRESS/REGRESS
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POWER/POSSESION/ENERGY HARNESS
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ECONOMY/MARKET HIGH OR LOW HOW
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MUCH DID YOU KNOW
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IN THE WORLD FREAK SHOW
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World Freak Show
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| The Levellers |
