The Greatest Show On Earth - The Leader lyrics

Ambitious politician has a statue in the park The leader raised his arm to make the grade Take a stand for history and let the world be dark Now mothers weep for sons and kneel to pray Power-mad dictator gets to using men like sheep Blind to see the paths they're being lead Where the agitator walks freedom's left to sleep Now liberty democracy are dead Greet the golden sunrise when the dawn reveals the truth A change of mood can brings quick decline The needle sharp orator's lost the fire of his youth By sunset he is from another time Stood alone by the edge of the sand And the promises for man were hollow Felt the air had a sense of despair When the leader sang so I could follow Tormented with rage, demented by age I could see by his eyes he was crying A man incomplete, a man in defeat Just silently waiting and dying.