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I work the high wire in the center ring |
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Defying gravity, that's my thing |
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Guess I never wanted no regular life |
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I couldn't stand to be nobody's wife |
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Some people tell me that I'm livin' their dream |
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But things in the circus ain't what they seem |
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Believe me darlin' it's a lonely world |
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It ain't easy for a circus girl |
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Nobody knows you when you come to town |
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You're somebody's hero or you're somebody's clown |
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And you hope like hell that it'll be enough |
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Cause you're nobody's baby when the sun comes up |
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Bridge: You can dazzle 'em with beauty |
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Make 'em laugh until they cry |
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You can give 'em the thrill of a lifetime |
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But they always say goodbye |
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It's just that sometimes I get so tired |
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Of goin' nowhere on that little wire |
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I'd like to plant my feet on solid ground |
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But God have mercy it's a long way down |
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So I climb that ladder right on up to the sky |
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I don't look down and I don't ask why |
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And just for a moment I'm on top of the world |
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Just for a moment I'm a circus girl |