[Intro] [Calliope and crowd noise, ticket bell, then the riff] [Verse 1] Keep your ticket on your tongue It tastes like sugar if you don't look down Painted arrows on the dirt Every one of them pointing to a good time Lantern teeth, velvet rope I learned your name before you paid Don't mind the color in the sky That's just the night getting dressed [Pre-Chorus] Hands out, eyes up Nobody came here to be honest Count to three and call it love The booth is open, keep it coming [Chorus] Everybody in, the night's still cheap Smile for the camera, ignore the heat I got a seat with a view of the flame I called it ambience, signed it with my name Everybody in, don't ask what it costs If the canvas catches, we'll say it was art [Verse 2] Cotton in the air, coins in the tin You can hear the wheel from here if you pretend I wear the grin they printed on the flyer It fits better than my mouth does Step up, stay soft The dark is only scary from the ground I sold the height as holiness And you bought the line like candy [Pre-Chorus] Hands out, eyes up Nobody came here to be honest Count to three and call it love The booth is open, keep it coming [Chorus] Everybody in, the night's still cheap Smile for the camera, ignore the heat I got a seat with a view of the flame I called it ambience, signed it with my name Everybody in, don't ask what it costs If the canvas catches, we'll say it was art [Rap] I don't start fires, I start evenings I put a price on the panic and a bow on the feeling You wanted a night that looks expensive from far I gave you a window and I painted the scar Ticket, stamp, wristband, grin If you smell the sugar turning, that's the show starting I keep both hands visible, one on the cash One on the story so it doesn't collapse Don't look at the tents, look at the lights The truth is a refund and we don't do those tonight [Breakdown] Hands out Eyes up Pay first Then panic [Chorus] Everybody in, the night's still cheap Smile for the camera, ignore the heat I got a seat with a view of the flame I called it ambience, signed it with my name Everybody in, don't ask what it costs If the canvas catches, we'll say it was art We'll say it was art We'll say it was art [Outro] Ticket bell. Calliope goes sharp and cuts.
