The Greatest Show on Earth

Lyrics

[ENSEMBLE] Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra ra! Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra, tszing, tszing, tszing Ta ra ra ra! The Greatest Show on Earth! It's full of thrills and mirth You get your money's worth Come one, come all! Come see the midgets and the bushmen from Australia Come see the cossacks in their dazzling regalia The flower of womankind Who can't make up her mind Is a feature you will always recall You get your money's worth It's full of thrills and mirth The Greatest Show on Earth Come one, come all! [RINGMASTER] Ladies and gentlemen, I take pride in introducing The Greatest Show on Earth Liza Elliott's gargantuan three-ring circus Featuring for thе first time The captivating and tantalizing Liza Elliott The woman who cannot makе up her mind! In addition, we bring you an assortment Of other scintillating stars of the Tanbark Ring And galaxy of clowns and neuroses In a modern miracle of melodramatic buffoonery And mental tightrope walking The Greatest Show on Earth! [ENSEMBLE] The flower of womankind Who can't make up her mind Is a feature you will always recall You get your money's worth It's full of thrills and mirth The Greatest Show on Earth Come one, come all! [RINGMASTER, spoken] Order in the courtroom! [PAGE, spoken] The charges against Liza Elliott.  [RINGMASTER, spoken] Thank you my dear.  [LIZA, spoken] What is all this? Charges against me? What for? What is all this? [RINGMASTER] Whereas [ENSEMBLE] Whereas [RINGMASTER] Liza Elliott cannot make up her mind About the Easter cover or the circus cover Secundus [ENSEMBLE] Secundus [RINGMASTER] Liza Elliott cannot make up her mind Whether she is marrying Kendall Nesbitt or not Moreover [ENSEMBLE] Moreover [RINGMASTER] Liza Elliott cannot make up her mind As to the kind of woman she wants to be The executive or the enchantress And in as much as [ENSEMBLE] In as much as [RINGMASTER] In a world where tumult and turmoil reign These indecisions of Liza Elliott only add to the confusions Of an already, as indicated, confused world Therefore be it resolved [ENSEMBLE] Be it resolved [RINGMASTER] That Liza Elliott be brought to trial And be made to make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] Hooray! [RINGMASTER, spoken] Introducing that death-defying trapeze artist and prosecuting attorney Charley Johnson! [CHARLEY] I'm the attorney for prosecution Can't be bought or sold For the jam she's in there's no solution Once the story is told! [RINGMASTER, spoken] Introducing that thrilling bareback rider and attorney for the defense Randy Curtis! [RANDY] I'm the lawyer for the defendant Can't be sold or bought Miss Elliott's star is in the ascendant This will come to naught! [RINGMASTER, spoken] Introducing those merry madcaps and prankish, ha ha ha, pantaloonatics The jury! [JURY] Our object all sublime We shall achieve in time To let the melody fit the rhyme The melody fit the rhyme [RINGMASTER, spoken] This is all immaterial and irrelevant What do you think this is - Gilbert and Sellivant? [CHARLEY, spoken] Your Honor, Mr. Ringmaster! I would like to introduce that peerless witness and lion tamer Kendall Nesbitt Mr. Nesbitt You are divorcing your wife so you can be free to marry the defendant Isn't that so? [NESBITT, spoken] Yes sir [CHARLEY, spoken] You were led to believe the defendant would marry you when, as, and if [NESBITT, spoken] Yes sir [CHARLEY, spoken] But now she refuses to make up her mind [NESBITT, spoken] Yes sir! [CHARLEY, spoken] You gave her the best years of your life and yet she refuses to be your wife! [NESBITT, spoken] Yes sir!