The Whistle Blows as he makes his rounds
He's seen every town
West of Mississippi
He's just a face
Painted all in smiles
Jumping up and down
And making people happy
Though deep inside a
shadow grows
He could let them know the note
There's a lonely man inside
Life is a three ring cir cus
All of the ups and downs
of the carou sel
Better know so
Life is a three ring circus
Just one little ride in
a merry -go -round
Goin' round and round and round
and round and round
He does the dance like the minstrels did
Just to please the kids,
and keep the people laughing
But no one knows,
that beneath the clothes
And his turned up nose,
looks a lonely beggar
He needs the love, he spreads the wind
But in life he's just a clown
Till they bring the curtain down
Life is a three ring cir cus
All of the ups and downs
of the carou sel
That I know so well
Life is a three -ring cir cus
Just one little ride
Home and merry -go -round
Going round and round and round
and round and round
He needs the love that can't be found
Or you're just too blind to see
That the clown is really me
Life is a three ring cir cus
All of the ups and downs of a carou sel
That I know so well
Life is a three ring circus
Just one day to ride
on a merry -go -round
Going round and round and round
and round and round
Going round and round and round
and round and round
Going round and round, and round,
and round, and round
Going round and round, and round,
and round, and round
Going round and round, and round,
and round, and round
Going round and round and
round and round and round