Spread the word around, the rat is leaving town
The message is a song, the misery is gone, ooh yes, it is
Once I had a dream to sing before the queen
She didn't want to know, she wouldn't see the show

Oh, what a fright, I couldn't do it right
Oh, what a night, ooh, what a night

Mystic demons fly all about the sky
With memories of a clown, the saddest show in town, yeah
When I was seventeen, my mother said to me
"Be careful what you touch, you shouldn't take so much"

I blew my mind, she was so kind
I could have cried, oh

Ooh, in my mind I had to find
A kind of new way of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded, well studded English fool

Speak about the past, the times are changing fast
Once I was so weak, I couldn't even speak, not a word
Shaking out a curse, nothing could be worse
Walking through the door, who could ask for more?

And now I'm free and I can see
And I am me, yes, I am me
Oh
(Yeah! work it out, now, ooh)

Spread the word around, the rat is leaving town
The message is a song, the misery is gone
Shaking out a curse, nothing could be worse
Walking through the door, who could ask for more?

Now I'm free and I can see
And I am me, yes, I am me

Oh, please stay away