There was a sad gypsy clown who could make you cry With a lick of guitar and a Spanish Fly And every night was a wild thing awaiting To fill the world with sound and fury Now that's all over There was a brilliant man with a rabbit's heart You'd fall in love while he beat on his autoharp With a kiss after 10 cigatettes "I'm sorry kid, Chicago's calling And this town is over" Now it's all over But what a town it was With it's endless freak parade Now it's just a dying town The city shined with it's own kind of rock stars The punk in the cafe, the girl in the pool bar Thank you for my decafe grande I'm tired of fighting, I'm a lover And I'm tired it's over, it's all over But what a town it was With it's endless freak parade And all around us, the music played and played It's all over now, the freaks got chased away And now it's just a dying town It's just a dying town (Instrumental break) Fat cat came and chased all the blues away And punk rock, jazz and the hip hop DJ Music can't be k**ed however If it's unloved, the music's over It looks over now, it sure looks over now It sure looks over now But what a town it was With it's endless freak parade And all around us, the music played and played It's all over now, the freaks got chased away And now it's just a dying town Oh, oh, it's just a dying town Oh, oh (it's just a dying town) Oh what a town it was The freaks got chased away What a town it was The freaks got chased away (x5)