Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls

Children of all ages

Welcome to the big top

See the ferocious lions

Thrill to the fabulous monkeys

Laugh along with the hilarious clowns

See them, life is a three ring circus

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

Jumpin' up and down

And makin' people happy

Though deep inside a shadow grows

He could laugh and no one knows

There's a lonely man inside

Life is a three ring circus

All of the ups and downs of a carousel

That I know so well

Life is a three ring circus

Just one little ride on a merry-go-round

Goin' â'round and â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round

He does the best like the minstrel did

Just to please the kids

And keep the people laughing

But no one knows that beneath the clothes

And his turned up nose lies a lonely beggar

He needs the love he spreads around

Bu tin life he's just a clown

Till they bring the curtain down

Life is a three ring circus

All of the ups and downs of a carousel

That I know so well

Life is a three ring circus

Just one little ride on a merry-go-round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round

He needs the love that can't be found

But you're just too blind to see

That the clown is really needy

Life is a three ring circus

All of the ups and downs of a carousel

That I know so well

Life is a three ring circus

Just one little ride on a merry-go-round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round

Goin' â'round and â'round

And â'round and â'round and â'round