Circus Song

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From: "Ronald Staats" <R.Staats@dit.azu.nl>

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:08:11 MET-1

Circus song/ don mclean

i tabbed this one from his live album SOLO, but on the album TAPESTRY

it sounded nearly the same. In my ears it sounds pretty good, but i not

so sure about the base part of it. I not so good at these things. I added the

lyrics, but i'm not a native born speaker of english.

Please correct me if i made some mistakes. I can learn of it.

Ronald staats, Utrecht, Holland july 1995.

internet adres: r.staats@dit.azu.nl

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cotton candy two for a quarter, see if the fat man can guess

your weight

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a big stuffed tiger, is what i bought her, and i going home

cause its late.

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and everyone knows that the clowns arn't happy

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and everyone knows that the people don't care

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and I only laugh at the way that their acting

E7 A

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but i'm so sick i just don't dare to

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lyrics:

cotton candy, two for a quarter

see if the fat man can guess your weight

a big stuffed tiger is what i bought her

and i'm going home cause it's late.

roller coasters make me dizzy

cotton candy makes me sick

i wish i had some bromo fizzy

that would do the trick.

everyone knows that the clowns aren't happy

and everyone knows that the people don't care

i wish i could laugh at the way that they're acting

but i'm so sick, i just don't dare to

high wire dancers, kick and balance

white silk horses step in time

the tatoed man display's his talents

i'm not the talented kind

i alway_ go to the circus on sunday

and there i can laugh at the people i see

but when i leave home in the morning on monday

everybody laughs at me.

you see, i make other people nervous

i quess that's why they laugh at me

but for me my life is a three ring circus

and i can see it for free.

have you seen my wife elvira,

she can tame a lion you know.

and i once had a bushy mane

but that was so damned long ago.

tight collored clowns in plastic buildings

have happy families as their fate

happy jobs and happy clubs

and happy people they hate

everyone's jugling and everyone's acting

with smiles of grease painted three feet wide

everyone_ caught on a caroussel pony

and one time around is a life time ride.