| It was midnight, midnight at noon |
| Everyone talked in rhyme |
| Everyone saw the big clock tick-in, |
| Nobody knew, nobody knew the time |
| Elegant dbutantes smiled |
| Everyone fought for dimes |
| Newspapers screamed for blood |
| It was the best of times |
| Every place around the world, it seemed the same |
| Cant hear the rhythm for the drums |
| Everybody wants to look the other way |
| When something wicked this way comes |
| Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree |
| Sometimes I stare, sometimes its me Everyone told the truth |
| All that we heard were lies |
| A pope claimed that hed been wrong in the past |
| This was a big surprise |
| Nobody knew the time |
| Everyone fell in love |
| A cardinals wife was jailed |
| The government saved a dying planet |
| When popular icons failed |
| Every place around the world it seemed the same |
| Cant hear the rhythm for the drums |
| Everybody wants to look the other way |
| When something wicked this way comes |
| Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree |
| Sometimes I stare, sometimes its me Sometimes I stare, sometimes its me |