[Verse 1]
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

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

[Verse 2]
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"

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

[Bridge]
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

[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
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?

[Chorus]
And now I'm free and I can see
And I am me, yes, I am me
Oh

[Instrumental Break (2:40 - 5:24)]
[Organ Solo]
(Yeah! work it out, now, ooh)
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
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?

[Chorus]
Now I'm free and I can see
And I am me, yes, I am me
[Instrumental Break (5:56 - 6:46)]

[Outro]
Oh, please stay away

[Instrumental Outro]
[Drum Solo]