Circus

Love showed me it's riches late last spring
Took me to it's breast and gave me wings
I truly did believe
And still i was deceived
Love made me it's witness one fine spring

Life seemed dark and beautiful at once
All mixed upside down and back to front
It was hard to know what's what
The light went on and off
Life was stark and plentiful at once

Maybe time really does heal wounds
Maybe love doesn't know
A mere heartbeat from happiness
A stone's throw from the soul

Days lived with a will
Days as fine as can be
Days grace on my morning pillow
Days i'm longing to see

Sunlight blows the winter one last kiss
Me i hold my breath and make my wish
We live through thick and thin
Where evil sometimes wins
Me i try my best and think of this

That maybe time really does heal wounds
And maybe love doesn't know
A mere heartbeat from happiness
A stone's throw from the sould

The sky collapsed around us, you didn't seem to care
I hailed you through the raindrops, you weren't even there.

I juggle with the breakfast, you fret behind the sheets
I want you to be steadfast, you want to be released.

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Oh my pretty darling, where did we go astray
Oh my pretty darling, i thought you'd come to stay.

We're all dollied up for the circus, oh isn't it grand
We're laughing, jumping and kissing, we're beating the band.

I've got no more smiles to win you, no tricks to turn your head
When love cannot continue, there's not much to be said.

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It's all cut and thrust at the circus, and maybe makes three
You're twisting my words into serpents, i'm down on my knees.

Oh my pretty darling, i thought you'd come to stay
I thought you'd come to stay, i thought you'd come to stay.

Something about this is precious, something about this is sad
Something about this is better, than i've ever had
Hard and lean, you know what i mean?
How do the roots become tangled? why does the spirit grow tired?
Where is the key to your kingdom? yes that's my desire.

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There are those who live to count the cost
And then those who count themselves content
I see heaven wrapped up in a box
It is you come back to love again, in a dream, this living dream.

Up in a heap i'm not bothered, down in the dumps i'm okay
Here in my heart you're the best road, that i'll ever take, i'm serene yeh.

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There are those who live to take the chance
And then more who find themselves content
I see heaven mapped out in advance
It is you and that's my journeys end, in a dream, this living dream.

I'm trying to hang on to the essence, i'm feeling more faint by the day
It took such a long time to get it, i don't want to see it erased

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There are those who live to count the cost
And then more who count themselves content
I see heaven wrapped up in a box
It is you come back to love again, in a dream, this living dream
This living dream.

Looking back
Down that long road you have travelled
And i see
All the pain that you have suffered

A young girl waks on ancient sand
Desert flower in her hand
Barefoot on the red heartland
Innocence makes few demands

Heart and soul
My soul sister
Got that special part of me
Such sweet love
And deep devotion
Who would tame what's wild and free?

Here we are
In this crazy, crazy world
Circumstance
Can lead you on to desperation
Love can save the weary heart
Or it can tear us all apart
I would rather take that chance
Than to never trust again

Heart and soul
My soul sister
Got that special part of me
Such sweet love and deep devotion
Who would tame what's wild and free?

Looking forward
Down that long road we might travel
And i see
All the joy that is recovered
See the young boy by the river side
He throws a stick to the other side
It carries with the rising tide
Sometimes we might reach too high

Heart and soul
My soul sister
Got that special part of me
Such sweet love and deep devotion
Who would tame what's wild and free?

Loving heart so wild and free
Who could chance what's wild and free?

This child he means the world to me, there is no more enchanted
A child can take this place of ruin, and magically enhance it.

I see him in a golden room, with the book of life before him
Strange instruments upon his charts, and the crystal glow inside him.

He's your wonder child, and my dreams come true
You've searched all your life, i see him now flying over the universe.

This child will build a violin, one will follow the traveller's love
Another will the bow apply, to reach the one above.

I see her in a golden room, with the moon and stars above her
Her simple smile is heaven's gate, with the queen of all beside her.

She's your wonder child, and my dreams come true
You've searched all your life, i see her now flying over the universe.

Your wonder child, and my dreams come true
You've searched all your life, i see them now flying over the universe.

I used to think joy, was the break between sorrow,
Like peace was the break between wars,
I'm still partly new now, but mostly older,
And i can not say i'm so sure.

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I never trusted happiness, as far as i could throw it,
Always preparing for the worst, 'cause i would know it,
All of that hammering in the dark, like a new noah working on his ark,
On his ark.

I may look back at today and feel foolish,
My old view was right all along,
I will rush in, where no angels are walking,
And fight for the right to be wrong.

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'cause i never trusted happiness, as far as i could throw it,
Always preparing for the worst, 'cause i would know it,
Of that hammering in the dark, like a new noah working on his ark,
On his ark.

Between my potential and the deep blue sea,
There's a rock and a diamond either side of me,
Between our potential and the break of day,
There is nothing at all in our way,
Nothing in our way.