Eyeball Kid

Well Zenora Bariella and Coriander Pyle

Had sixteen children in the usual style

Had a curio museum and they had no guile

All they ever wanted was a show biz child

On the seventh of December 1949 they got what

They'd been waiting for all of the time

Grew up in a trailer, by the time he was nine

Ran off to join the circus, telling fortunes on the side

Hail, Hail, the Eyeball Kid

Well the first time I saw him was in a Saigon jail

Cost me 27 dollars just to go his bail

I said your name will be in lights and that's no doubt

But you got to have a manager that's what it's all about

People gonna point, people gonna stare

I'll always be there to protect you, cut down on the glare

I know you can't speak, know you can't sign

So cry right here on the dotted line

Hail, Hail, the Eyeball Kid

Well he was born without a body not even a brow

I made the Kid a promise; I made the Kid a vow

He's not conventionally handsome; he'll never be tall

He said, "All you got to do is book me into Carnegie Hall"

Hail, Hail, the Eyeball Kid

Now, he's just a little bitty thing; he's just a little guy

But the women go crazy for the big blue eye

They say how does he dream? How does he think?

When he can't even speak and he can't even blink?

I said Hail, Hail, (Hail, Hail) the Eyeball Kid

Hail, Hail, (Hail, Hail) the Eyeball Kid

Give it up and throw me down

A couple of quid

Everybody wanna see

The Eyeball Kid

So give it up and throw it

Down a couple of quid

Everybody wanna see

The Eyeball Kid

How does he dream? How does he think?

When he can't even see and he can't even blink

We are lost in the wilderness; we're blind as can be

And he came down to show us how to really see

(Hallelujah) The Eyeball Kid

(Hallelujah) Hallelujah

Hail, Hail, the Eyeball Kid

(Hallelujah) Hallelujah

Give it up and throw it

Down a couple of quid

Everybody wanna see the Eyeball Kid