Barnum convinces Phillip Carlyle to leave his privileged, uptown life to join his circus and lead a free and exciting life as an “over-privileged apprentice.”[P.T. BARNUM]

Right here, right now, I put the offer out

I don't wanna chase you down but I know you see it

You run with me and I can cut you free

Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in

So trade that typical for somethin' colorful

And if it's crazy, live a little crazy

You can play it sensible, a king of conventional

Or you can risk it all and see

Don't you wanna get away

From the same old part you gotta play

'Cause I got what you need so come with me and take the ride

It'll take you to the other side

'Cause you can do like you do or you can do like me

Stay in the cage or you'll finally take the key

Oh, damn, suddenly you're free to fly

It'll take you to the other side

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Okay, my friend, you want to cut me in

Well, I hate to tell you but it just won't happen

So thanks, but no, I think I'm good to go

'Cause I quite enjoy the life you say I'm trapped in

Now I admire you and that whole show you do

You're onto somethin', really, it's somethin'

But I live among the swells and we don't pick up peanut shells

I'll have to leave that up to you

Don't you know that I'm okay

With this uptown part I get to play

'Cause I got what I need and I don't wanna take the ride

I don't need to see the other side

So go and do like you do, I'm good to do like me

Ain't in a cage so I don't need to take the key

Oh, damn, can't you see I'm doin' fine?

I don't need to see the other side

[P.T. BARNUM]

Now is this really how you like to spend your days?

Whiskey and misery, and parties and plays

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

If I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town

Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns

[P.T. BARNUM]

But you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little

Just let me give you the freedom to dream

And it'll wake you up and cure your achin'

Take your walls and start 'em breakin'

Now that's a deal that seems worth takin'

But I guess I'll leave that up to you

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Well, it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly

So what percentage of the show would I be taking?

[P.T. BARNUM]

Fair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action

I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

I wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine

[P.T. BARNUM]

Why not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime?

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Fifteen

[P.T. BARNUM]

I'd do eight

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Twelve

[P.T. BARNUM]

Maybe nine

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Ten

[P.T. BARNUM & PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Don't you wanna get away

To a whole new part you're gonna play?

'Cause I got what you need so come with me and take the ride

To the other side

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

So we can do like I do

[P.T. BARNUM]

So if you do like me

[P.T. BARNUM & PHILLIP CARLYLE]

Forget the cage 'cause we know how to make the key

Oh, damn, suddenly we're free to fly

We're goin' to the other side

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

So if you do like I do

[P.T. BARNUM]

To the other side

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

So if you do like me

[P.T. BARNUM]

We're goin' to the other side

[PHILLIP CARLYLE]

'Cause if we do, we're goin'

[P.T. BARNUM & PHILLIP CARLYLE]

To the other side

We're goin' to the other side