This Year`s Thing

<br>Roll up, roll up<br>The greatest show on earth<br>Animals, clowns, freaks, misfits, contortionists<br>Fun for all the family<br>Currently residing in the `where are they now` file<br>All tied up in elastic<br>Stubborn like weeds they`ve been here all the while<br>I saw the egos grow<br>In good working order adjustable spanner<br>Industry junkies<br>Regurgitated cabaret under the hammer<br>They were running the show<br>(Chorus)<br>Let`s hear it for this year`s thing<br>Come on<br>Last year`s thing<br>Come on<br>Next year`s thing<br>Come on<br>(Repeat)<br>Step right this way<br>Thrills chills and spills<br>Marvel at the daring feats<br>Pure entertainment<br>Karaoke sex we can spend the night together<br>I made a date with Elvis<br>While someone does a runner with the group`s bread and butter<br>I heard the colonel sing<br>From a packet of twenty when will they learn?<br>SickalongaDanbert<br>That for one good smoke there`s nineteen that burn<br>I never saw the strings attached to<br>(Repeat chorus)<br>Jump a little higher<br>Live by fire die by fire<br>I am the dog in the manger<br>Or a dodgy brown packet with suspicious-looking wires<br>Here`s my starter for ten<br>Behind that pane of glass your special backstage pass<br>Hear the never-has-beens<br>Meet the manager with his kecks down and kiss his arse<br>And watch it happen again<br>This time it`s<br>(Repeat chorus)<br>One, two, three, four<br>This year`s thing, this year`s thing, this year`s thing<br>Politics is this year`s thing<br>(Repeat)