The Circus Is Leaving Town

The party's over now
So draw the curtains down

Your secret's safe to keep

Unzip your velvet gown

And let your hair hang loose

Kick off your satin shoes

Throw back the idea down

Farewell to Friday's clown

The circus is leaving town
Oh Ruby, roll your stockings down

Circus is leaving town
Oh Ruby, dry your eyes

Fix up something to heap

Still water still run deep

The dogs are barking now
Get back out on the street

The circus is leaving town
Oh Ruby, roll your stockings down
Circus is leaving town
So Ruby, dry your eyes

The party is over now

Stop howling at the moon

You need a different beat

You need a different tune

Remember that old song

We heard when we were young

Life was an empty page

The world would ride upon

Do you recall the meadow past
We sit and watch the hours pass
You were such a good girl then
Oh ruby dry your eyes
Circus is leaving town
Oh Ruby, roll your stockings down
Circus is leaving town
So Ruby, dry your eyes

You're searching when you walk

You're searching when you talk

You could make me believe

That the sun sets in the east

The sun sets in the east

The sun sets in the east