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And they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease |
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And they landed on the ground under tents and trapeze |
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And they were told that they fell with such beauty and grace |
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That The Flying Wallendas would be the name on their case |
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And the fine folks of Akron would forever be saying |
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That they flew through the air like the wings of a prayer |
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But they all walked away amidst the gawking and stares |
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And the children revisited their fall in nightmares |
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But they never would stop and they never surrendered |
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And they lived like they died, The Flying Wallendas |
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They could dance on the wire through the fire and the storm |
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John Ringling had seen Karl in Cuba perform |
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He raised up his kids for performance and stardom |
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They performed center ring at Madison Square Garden |
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With a seven man pyramid folks lined up just to see 'em |
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Till they fell from the sky at Detroit's State Fair Coliseum |
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And they fell to the ground with the greatest of ease |
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Three didn't get up from the blood in the breeze |
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But Karl wouldn't be stopped from his home in the skies |
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Till he fell from the wire in San Juan and he died |
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In Sarasota as a child my grandparents lived next door |
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To the surviving Wallendas and their amazing wild stories |
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I was stun and astounded that the old lady who was out |
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Pruning her orange trees had flown to the heavens and back |
