Songs of Trust and Treachery
As sung by Lotte Obratsov

Circus Waltz


The birds will correct us
Their cries will reflect us
The circus is coming today.

The apes will delight us
They never will bite us
The circus is coming. Hooray!

The tigers will tease us
Their antics will please us
The circus is coming today.

The devil will dream us
His friends will redeem us
The circus is coming. Hooray!

The clown will amaze us
We won't let it phase us
The circus is leaving they say.

The beasts will connect us
They'll never reject us
The circus has gone on its way.

After the music from trumpet and fiddle
And after rhyming of end and of middle

After the stories and pictures and songs
After the pranks, provocations and wrongs

And after the travellers have gone, as they must
All that is left is the sky and the dust.
(begin again and continue till fade)