They'd throw imaginary ropes around imaginary cattle   No one was amused   They'd get themselves all trapped inside invisible boxes   At best, they'd seem confused      Yeah, but you've got to respect them   Sure, they were weird   These were the true pioneers      No one had it harder   These boys passed the test   No one got beat up more often than the mimes of the Old West      Well, people these days   They feel so sorry for themselves   Think they've got it hard   Try walking through Dodge City in the 1800s dressed in a unitard      And though the odds were against them, they would prevail   They knew they just couldn't fail      No one had it harder   Rightfully so, I guess   No one got beat up more often than the mimes of the Old West      They stood there blind to the hatred   On with the show   They paved the way for the great Marcel Marceau