Fat Tuesday

Friends are calling 'cause I've fallen down
 I've joined the circus but I ain't no clown
 It's 5 years and some midgets too
 Around the corner right next to the zoo
 Call me crazy and it's probably true
 They used to call me now they here they go
 What's black and white and red all over
 A newspaper story about a murder lover
 I feel half crazy and I feel half haunted
 Down the well of wishes of the dearly departed
 Come to find our we are all connected
 Mosquitoes bitten and they got infected
 Mardi gras has come to town
 Time to lay your burdens down
 How fat can a Tuesday get?
 Boy you ain't seen nothin yet
 I get a midnight call but to no avail
 I got the boat but I forgot the sail
 I'll soon be rowing gently down the stream
 Upon the sheets I will lie and dream
 When I wake the sun will shine like madness
 Down on the heads of the drunken masses
 Out on the streets with their glasses full
 Riding in a buggy while the mules pull
 Drivers rewrite the course of history
 While the local past remains in the streets
 Europeans and people of color
 Join in the party that is seeing double
 Mardi gras has come to town
 Time to lay your burdens down
 How fat can a Tuesday get?
 Boy you ain't seen nothin yet
 Tell me how fat can a tuesday get?
 You're on the water with a fishing net
 Boil it down and sit at the table
 Peel and eat, but you're not able
 Autopsy showed you were full of fish
 A broken heart and a come-true wish
 Now a fire burns out on the levee
 And the weight of the world is not that heavy
 As when you were a little kid
 Now don't forget to pick up the lid
 If you went on back, would you change a thing?
 Or wait and see what tomorrow will bring
 Mardi gras has come to town
 Time to lay your burden down
 How fat can a Tuesday get?
 Boy you ain't seen nothin yet