Circus Animal

I'm no animal There's nothing to be afraid of You trained me well Is it time to take the chains off? There's no aggression I'm at your beck and call When you do me wrong I won't bring out the claws My cuts are bleeding My pain's amusing I'm jumping through hoops And it's buried in my body Always abiding I been poked and prodded Do what I'm told but I'm a good performer Over-rehearsing I been drained and exhausted Clapping their hands I think they like it I'm muttering Still stuttering And I hate the way you got me feeling I'm struggling To follow through You say you'll give me things But you never do Entertain me I just want to sleep You got me workin' like a circus animal Under the sheets I didn't say no You got me workin' like a circus animal Drownin' in pillows Ooh ooh Ooh ooh My limbs are aching From overworking Wouldn't obey anybody else's instructions Cover the crying So I'm backstage hiding Fix myself up and carry on smiling Posing, leaping Lack of sleep You couldn't care less for what's underneath I'm muttering Still stuttering And I hate the way you got me feeling I'm struggling To follow through You say you'll give me things But you never do Entertain me I just want to sleep You got me workin' like a circus animal Under the sheets I didn't say no You got me workin' like a circus animal Drownin' in pillows Ooh ooh (circus) Ooh ooh (animal) I just want to sleep You got me workin' like a circus animal Under the sheets I didn't say no You got me workin' like a circus animal Drownin' in pillows Ooh ooh (circus) Ooh ooh (animal)