
Date of issue: 04.08.2019
Record label: 3 AMIGOS
Song language: English
Circus Story |
The machinist climbs his ferris wheel liek a brave |
And the fire eater’s lyin' in a pool of sweat victim of the heatwave |
Behind the tent the leatherboy tightens his legs |
On the sword swallower’s blade |
Circus town’s on the shortwave |
Well now (and) the runway lies ahead like a great false dawn |
Oh fat lady, Missy Bimbo, sits in her chair and yawns |
And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn |
The midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo’s scorn |
The circus town’s been born |
Oh and a (the) press-roll drummer go, ballerina to-and-fro |
Cart-wheelin' up on (across) the tightrope |
(And) with a cannon blast, lightning flash, moving fast through |
The tent Mars bent, he’s gonna miss his fall |
Oh God save the human cannonball |
And the flying Zambini’s watch Marguerita do her neck twist |
(And) the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along |
Ninety-five, ninety-six,…ninety-seven |
And behind the tent half bent money spent |
With his wet face fallin' (make-up drippin') on the ground |
With a half-smile half-frown goin' down |
Oh Jesus sent some sweet women to save all the clowns |
And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire |
And the barker romances with a junkie, she’s got a flat tyre |
And the elephants dance real funky, and the band plays like a jungle fire |
Circus town’s on the live wire |
Samson lifts the midget up above the liars |
Hear the liars, they’re outside crying |
Hear the liars, they’re inside sighing |
Hear the liars, listenin' to the barker |
Hear the liars, watching the centre ring |
Oh hear the liars, up on the trapeze |
Oh hear the liars, feel their fire |
Oh hear the liars, feel their fire |
Oh hear the liars, they’re all scared of dying |
Well anybody wants to try the big top |
All aboard, Nebraska’s our next stop |
Songs To Orphans (Part 4, 5) |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Dustland ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2021 |
Blinded By The Light | 1973 |
Wasted Days ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2022 |
Pink Cadillac ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2010 |
Sea Of Heartbreak (Feat. Bruce Springsteen) ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2008 |
Every Breath You Take ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2013 |
For You | 1973 |
Rosalita | 2014 |
Hymn To Him ft. Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa | 2020 |
The Angel | 1973 |
Misery Loves Company ft. Bruce Springsteen | 1999 |
Lost In the Flood | 1973 |
Gypsy Woman | 2005 |
Better Things ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2009 |
Merry Christmas Baby ft. E Street Band | 1987 |
New York City Serenade | 1973 |
A Love So Fine | 2011 |
Incident On 57th Street | 1973 |
Wild Billy's Circus Story | 1973 |
Wendy ft. Bruce Springsteen | 2004 |