The devil may smile with an angel's face
cat may be stolen of its grace
They say it's just a matter of time and place

man may be less than an animal
The antichrist write up the honor roll
The tightrope walker take the final fall (at his house, in the bathroom, on a holiday, and that's in the news)

Oh, the things you see
Makes ignorance bliss for you and me, yeah,
When arrogance does publicity, 
Smiling happily

It's a merry go round and around and around

The begging boy [bad word] the begging man
The zealot never saves the sacrificial lamb
And a child wants to know if the Candyman can

Everybody wants the fancy car
And we've all been told not [bad word] too far
But everybody wants to be a rock'n'roll star

Oh, the things you see
Makes arrogance seem the way to be, yeah, 
When ignorance spreads conformity, 
Smiling happily

It's a merry go round and around and around