Lyrics

[Verse 1] Ilsa was an acrobat who went and fell in love with that Horatio the human cannonball A wedding 'neath the big top tent with barkers clowns and elephants Sideshow family oddities and all The dog-faced boy howled out with joy As the tattooed lady was crying [Chorus] Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning It takes all kinds of kinds [Verse 2] Thomas was a congressman with closets full of skeletons And dresses that he wore on Friday nights Phyllis was a pharmacist, a dab of that, a pinch of this Concocted to suppress her appetite When the children were fiddling she'd slip 'em some Ritalin And wait for Thomasina to arrive [Chorus] 'Cause ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning It takes all kinds of kinds All kinds of kinds [Verse 3] When I play this old guitar from children's shows to smoky bars I take a break and think about the past When I stood up in geometry and everybody stared at me And I tossed my test into the trash I scratched off my number while hitching out under That bush league population sign [Chorus] Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning It takes all kinds of kinds [Bridge] Now some point a finger and let ignorance linger If they'd look in the mirror they'd find [Chorus] That ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning It takes all kinds of kinds All kinds of kinds All kinds of kinds [Outro] Yeah, yeah, ooh Oh yeah