| You shouldn’t put a lion in a cage
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| On a cart, on a train to go travel so far
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| And everyone knows better, yet it’s something we pay to see
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| He’s strong and wild
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| In all the ways that you’d like to be
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| Mmhmm
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that, «It's what I know best how to do»
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| Mmhmm
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that, «It is if it leads me to you'
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| You shouldn’t put an elephant in chains for so long
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| He remembers everything, but not where he went wrong
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| And everyone knows better, yet it’s something that we still do
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| He’s kind, despite the places
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| That you’re paying to bring him to
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| Mmhmm
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that, «It's what I know best how to do
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| Mmhmm
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that» It is if it leads me to you"
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| Then you came
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| You didn’t need glass slippers for your feet
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| Just something for after the showers
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| To keep 'em clean, and you’re like me
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| You didn’t like lions or elephants for admission fees
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| We didn’t talk about it, but the day would come we would set them
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| Then you came
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| Sat on my lap, held a blade against my throat
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| You could cut me, I didn’t mind to bleed at all
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| And you’re like me
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| You didn’t like the lions or elephants for admission fees
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| We didn’t talk about it, but the day would come we would set them free
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| Mmhmm
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that," It’s what I know best how to do"
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| Mmhmm
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| And everybody loves a circus
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| But, nobody knows it as well as I do
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| You ask me if it’s worth it
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| I’ll say that, «It is if it leads me to you»
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| Mmhmm
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| Mmhmm |