歌词
He lives on Meteoric Rise, that one-way road to fame
And who are we to criticise, still less apportion blame?
It seems to harass and to hound will somehow slake our thirst
Our judgements taken in the round, have never been well-versed
Remember where it all began
The funfair for the common man?
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It's hard to say in retrospect, to put it into prose
We wanted him to genuflect to those Pinocchios
Who always pull the puppet's string and make the dummies dance
I'll tell you now one certain thing, we didn't have a chance
There must be something better than
This funfair for the common man
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In truth, he never would react the way that folks required
How could he be in point of fact, accepted or admired?
So many of us disapproved, that's how I testified
It always seemed to me he'd moved on to the other side
He plays the game with such élan
The funfair for the common man
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Of course we're sanctimonious and speedy to condemn
"You either must be one of us or else be one of them
And if you're one of them, you'll be a catalyst for hate"
Can anybody honestly conceive a darker fate?
We package it the best we can
Our funfair for the common man
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Manipulated and confused, it's really not your fault
When neither schmoozers nor the schmoozed can ever call a halt
Now weeds have grown where seeds were sown, that's harder to forgive
Than sucking in the methadone of time in which we live
But then, I never was a fan
Of funfairs for the common man