Composer: Buddy Mondloch
[verse 1]
G D/F# Em C
I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
G D/F# C D/F#
Now I am watering elephants
G D/F# Em C
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
G D/F# C D/F#
Dreaming I'm in a suit of light
Em C
Late at night in the empty big top
Em Am7 C
I'm all alone on the high wire
Em A7sus A7
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no net this time.
A7sus A7 C D/F#
He's a real death defy-er!"
[interlude]
G Am Bm Am G
[verse 2]
G D/F# Em C
I'm the kid who always looked out the windows
G D/F# C D/F#
Failing the tests in geography
G D/F#
But I've have seen things
Em C
far beyond just the school yard
G D/F# C D/F#
Distant shores of exotic lands
Em C
There're the spires of the Turkish Empire
Em C
It's six months since we made land fall
Em A7sus A7
Riding low with the spices of India
A7sus A7 C D/F# G
Through Gibraltar we're rich men all!
[interlude]
G Am Bm Am G
[verse 3]
G D/F# Em C
I'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers
G D/F# C D/F#
Always held out that the time would tell
G D/F# Em C
Time was talking -- guess I just wasn't listening
G D/F# C D/F#
No surprise if you know me well
Em C
As we're walking toward the train station
Em C
There's a whispering rainfall
Em A7sus A7
'Cross the boulevard you slip your hand in mine
A7sus A7 C D/F# G
In the distance the train calls
[interlude]
G Am Bm Am G
[verse 4]
G D/F# Em C
I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming
G D/F# C D/F#
Sometimes gets me in trouble too
G D/F# Em C
But the truth is I could no more stop dreaming
G D/F# C D/F# G Am7/G G
Than I could make them all come true