Circus

I was watching the man on the tightrope

He was doing his best to stay up

He was swaying from side to side

And the crowd around him cried

And the nails of the lady beside me

Were digging into my skin

And her breathing was becoming excited

As they let the lions in

She said, "Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

With the smell of the beast in my nostrils

And a look of pure fear in my eye

The king of the jungle came forward

And the crowd began to sigh

And the lady who'd been sitting beside me

Was lying upon the ground

And the clown who was riding my cycle

Was going around and around

He said, "Fall, why don't you fall for my now?

Fall, why don't you fall for my now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

Come on and take me to the circus

I wanna see the lion

I wanna see the tiger

I wanna see the chimpanzee

The chimpanzee wanna see me (Alright!)

So take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Oh, you know I'm going home to my Marla

And listen to some String Driven Thing

I've had enough peaks in the circus

And none of them are in the ring

Oh, you know I'm going home to my Marla

And hang on to her apron strings

I've had enough of life in the circus

With animals and everything

She said, "Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?

Fall, why don't you fall for me now?"

Come on and take me to the circus

I wanna see the lion

I wanna see the tiger

I wanna see the chimpanzee

The chimpanzee wants to see me (Oh yeah!)

Take me to the circus

Come on and take me to the circus

Take me to the circus