oh goodbye cruel world i m off to join the circus gonna be a broken hearted clown paint my face with a good for nothin smile cause a mean fickle woman turned my whole world upside down farewell to love i m off to join the circus gotta find a way to hide my tears then i ll have them rollin in the aisle and i ll forget that woman if it takes a hundred years oh step right up and take a look at a fool he has got a heart as stubborn as a mule come on everybody he s good for a laugh and no one could tell his heart is broken in half well the joke s on me i m off to join the circus oh mr barnum save a place for me shoot me out of a cannon i don t care let the people point at me and stare i ll tell the world that woman wherever she may be that mean fickle woman made a cryin clown out of me  shoot me out of a cannon i don t care let the people point at me and stare i ll tell the world that woman wherever she may be that mean fickle woman made a cryin clown out of me goodbye cruel world goodbye cruel world goodbye cruel world goodbye cruel world