Circus

They Must Be Russians

We're on the train now
Look out the window and wave
To our friends, don't pretend
To be afraid
There's nothing to be scared of,
Now behave
Don't cry, my child
Be brave

Mommy, why do they make me stand in this line?
Hush, child, we're buying tickets for the circus

No more questions, please, dear doctor
I don't what anti-semitism means
Don't touch that man, you can't stop him from screaming
He is not clever, he is not sane, he's not what he seems
You cannot talk to him anymore
You cannot be redeemed

Mommy, why are they taking all our clothes away?
Hush, child, we'll buy some more at the circus

It doesn't matter where Daddy is or the fact that we are bare
It doesn't matter that there are twenty human beings in this room all screaming prayers
No, I don't mind that I'm choking under a siege of death's praise
No, I don't mind, so long as it never happens again
I don't mind, so long as it never happens again
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
I don't mind, so long as it never happens again
I don't mind, so long as it never happens again
I don't mind, so long as it never happens again
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind


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