The singer cries for people's lies   He will sing for the day to bring him night   The circus burns in carnival flame   And for a while you won't know my name at all   But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold       The juggling clown smiles to me   And every frown we agree is glad   The nighttime comes to bring the bums   From Bowery heat to crimson streets of wine   But magic lands will never touch our sands       Your children smile in single file   They learn mistakes that others make   They see although they cannot know   The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild   But dance and sing, for others bring the shame   And for a while you won't know my name