1. |
Step Right Up
00:41
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2. |
Circus Life
03:02
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The circus life isn’t mine (isn’t mine)
The crowd and fright I don’t mind (I don’t mind)
The elephants on the fence (on the fence)
They make a dent on the rent (on the rent)
Fun and games
Up on the stage
Behind the makeup
To hide my age
I want a wife
I want a time
When I can leave
The circus life
The acrobats tease the cats (tease the cats)
They set the traps and hold us back (hold us back)
The leader calls until you fall (until you fall)
The strongman always wants to brawl (wants to brawl)
Fun and games
Up on the stage
Behind the makeup
To hide my age
I want a wife
I want a time
When I can leave
The circus life
I love the clowns but I am down (I’m so down)
Running all around from town to town (town to town)
Come see the show and you will know (you will know)
That red smile is not my own (not my own)
Fun and games
Up on the stage
Behind the makeup
To hide my age
I want a wife
I want a time
When I can leave
The circus life
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3. |
Popcorn
02:57
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Pop and burn
Release the fire
Fluffed like clouds
Loved and admired
Four hundred degrees
Trapped in the grease
You still believe
Popcorn is free
Butter me up
Put me in your cup
Run in a crunch
We’ve had enough
Four hundred degrees
Trapped in the grease
You still believe
Popcorn is free
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4. |
Running in Circles
01:00
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5. |
Cotton Candy
02:54
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Cotton candy
Sugar rush
Lollipop hammer to the crush
Purple gummy bears
Over there
I can’t help but look, I swear
Deny, I’m fine
I lie, I’ll share a box of five
With you, oh please
Just give me cotton candy!
Chocolate bomb
Sprinkled on
Like a yeti singing sweet songs
Jellybeans
Blue and green
I see the ads in all the magazines
Deny, I’m fine
I lie, I need a box of five
Help me, oh please!
Just give me cotton candy
I was sugar high, oh my
I ate the whole damned box and I’m still alive!
Cotton candy
Or the mint?
Meadows full with the scent of it
To the lake full of lemonade
Sit tight, wait for the train
Deny, I’m fine
I lie, I need a box of five
Help me, oh please
Just give me cotton candy!
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6. |
Wisdom of the Crowd
03:35
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Heartbreak
Smooth ache
I’ve got a coin but it’s at stake
Dead wrong
Then I’m gone
Been playin’ around since it was dawn
Doc said
I should go to bed
My blood runs but it’s not red
The highs
The lows
My guess is just as good as yours
And now
When in doubt
Just follow the wisdom of the crowd
I’m tough
And out of luck
But I’d swallow a knife before I gave up
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7. |
Over the Jumps
01:08
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8. |
Moonshine
03:48
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Pass me the jar
From under the car
Look at me now
Then look at the stars
Give me the moonshine
I’ll throw out the wine
Give me your hand
And wait for the sign
I’m not afraid
Of what they say
The moonshine will fade
From night to day
Under the trees
Old memories
Black as the night
Keep us at ease
Fire the gun
Pig on the run
Hold up your flag
Wave to the sun
I’m not afraid
Of what they say
The moonshine will fade
From night to day
Still like the war
Same as before
Dead on the ground
Learn to explore
Plunder it all
Civility calls
Answer me not
Write on the walls
I’m not afraid
Of what they say
The moonshine will fade
From night to day
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9. |
Wicked, Lead the Way
03:18
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I didn’t wanna be a singer
I didn’t even wanna play guitar
So fetch like a mean girl
Toned up like a question mark
Like a snowflake I’m cold
In a world of blood gold
With a wisp of foul play
Wicked, lead the way
Wicked, lead the way
Dark mark on my left wrist
Huddled up with deathly friends
Them ruby red heel clicks
Can’t keep me from revenge
Like a snowflake I’m cold
In a world of blood gold
With a wisp of foul play
Wicked, lead the way
I didn’t wanna be the bad witch
Pickin’ off them curious kids
Stuck in the gingerbread house
No mercy, no plea bids
Like a snowflake I’m cold
In a world of blood gold
With a wisp of foul play
I will do it anyway
Who are you to stop it now?
When your heaven crashes down
Live another day!
Wicked, lead the way!
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10. |
Balloon Bust Blues
00:50
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11. |
Joke(r)
03:45
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Please, darling! Please!
Don’t beg to me
I wanna put a smile on your face
That’s all I need
Way down inside
I got something to hide
A madman like me don’t lie
Until the dead of night
I tell a joke but you ain’t laughing with me!
Hide, mama! Hide!
This man is wild
Ragged tails and hair undone
Slicked back with spite
Sell! Sell your soul!
This man’s alone
Laughin’ at the death of mine
Why? No one knows
I tell a joke but you ain’t laughing with me!
Fight, brother! Fight!
Burn out the light
Swing for the fences now
Unholy might
Fear only fear!
The Joker’s here
Take his card and be alarmed
The end is near
I tell a joke but you ain’t laughing with me!
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12. |
The Bearded Lady
02:49
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I had crossed the line
Jumped the ring of fire
When I asked you to be mine
She was beautiful
In her coat of wool
Back exposed in the light
You and me and the bearded lady
Nervous but aroused
Intoxicating vows
Sifted through our lips with glee
Dark and sinful crows
Behind a mound of clothes
No one knew it was us three
You and me and the bearded lady
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13. |
Take Train 8
03:12
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My hell rings a bell
Backpack stuck up on the shelf
From a time when you and I
Played games and laughed until we cried
On a hill we stood still
Holding on to what we thought real
But in the end my friend
We take the train against all the wind
Run away, run away
Run away, take train eight
Bye bye friend of mine
Say hello to a strange life
Full of twists, bizarre kicks
Lost here and there through the mix
Wish I may, wish I might
Wish dreams were not just for night
‘Cause you’re alone hit or miss
In a city full of wild kids
Run away, run away
Run away, take train eight
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14. |
Sky the Clown
02:47
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15. |
The Ringmaster
03:21
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Sad clown
In the middle of a crowd
Looking only when you’re told to
Cool night
Trying to whisper up a fight
Double-dared by a cold brew
Back down
With your color-coded frown
Staring up to her crown
Ask why
And you’ll only ask twice
Luck plays you for a fool
You’ll see this side of me
Outrage in the cage
Ask her, the ringmaster
Ask her, the ringmaster
You’re told
Oh, what do you know?
Gaze down at the floor now
Headstrong
She screams you’re wrong
Tick tock! Time runnin’ out!
So red
Like a bullet to the head
Trying to earn my bread
My my!
I’m caught in a lie
I swear I’ll never shout!
You’ll see this side of me
Outrage in the cage
Ask her, the ringmaster
Ask her, the ringmaster
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16. |
Closing the Curtains
02:38
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The Circus Kids Santa Ana, California
Two-Man-Band Rock-N-Roll Sideshow
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