[Intro] (Static) Welcome, boys and girls... Step right up... The Devil's Carnival is open... [Eerie Laughter] [Verse 1] Rotten teeth and a crooked grin Smell like whiskey, sweat and sin Dust on the boots, blood on the sign Everything's ugly and that's just fine Broken trailers, neon scars Dead-end dreams beneath the stars Mama said heaven was up above But hell sells tickets and hell needs love [Pre-Chorus] Everybody wants a monster Everybody wants a show Till the lights go out forever And there's nowhere left to go [Chorus] I'm Captain Spalding The king of bad decisions Patron saint of lowlifes And failed ambitions Dance with the devil Drink with the dead If you're hearing my laughter You're already fucked in the head [Verse 2] Cheap motel and a switchblade smile Been losing my mind for a thousand miles Bible on the dashboard Demons in the trunk America's nightmare Running on junk Got saints getting drunk And sinners getting saved Everybody digging Their own damn grave You can run from the darkness You can hide from the pain But the clown in the mirror Keeps calling your name [Chorus] I'm Captain Spalding The king of bad decisions Patron saint of lowlifes And failed ambitions Dance with the devil Drink with the dead If you're hearing my laughter You're already fucked in the head [Bridge] Down here nobody's innocent Down here nobody's clean The preacher The junkie The killer The queen We're all just ghosts In a broken machine [Breakdown] HEY! No heroes No saviors No angels above Just gasoline Bad luck And counterfeit love HEY! No future No mercy No grand master plan Just a clown laughing loud As the whole world burns [Final Chorus] I'm Captain Spalding The king of bad decisions Patron saint of lowlifes And failed ambitions Dance with the devil Drink with the dead If you're hearing my laughter You're already fucked in the head [Outro] (Ha-ha-ha-ha...) Welcome to the show... Now smile for the camera...
