There was no one nothing to see    The night is useless and so are we    Cos everybody knows    The fabric of folly is fallen apart at the seams    And I've been lookin' for a good time    But the pleasures are seldom and few       There's no whiskey there's no wine    Just the concrete and a worried mind    Cos everone knows death creeps in slow    Til you feel safe in his arms    And I've been lookin' for a new friend    And I don't care if he's decrepit and grey       O maria haven't you known    Days so careless    All on your own    Everybody knows the circus is closed    And the animals have gone wild    And I've been lookin' for my shadow    But this place is so bright and so clean       There was no one nothing to see    The night is useless and so are we    Cos everybody knows    The fabric of folly is fallen apart at the seams    And I've been lookin' for a good time    But the pleasures are seldom and few