Midnight neons blur in drunken eyes

And flicker their mad mad light

Fireworks fall like a floral arcade

It's a carnival tonight



And I'm watching the party

I'm watching the party

I'm listening to the laughing

I'm watching the party



Now here's the tv gameshow host

He's telling some marvellous jokes

Here's the prizes someone could win

Just make the lucky wheel of fortune spin



But I'm watching the party

I'm watching the party

I'm listening to the laughing

I'm watching the party



Picture a chintzy chintzy ballroom hall

Diamante necklaces and mirror-ball

The conductor yawns and looks at his watch

And swings his baton in time to a waltz



Me I'm watching the party

I'm watching the party

I'm listening to the laughing

I'm watching the party