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If you ever go out to the c ircus
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Where the Wallendas walk on the w ire
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I'll tell you a tale to rem ember
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When the wh ite horses le ap rings of f ire
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It was a cold n ight in Okla homa
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The show was about to be gin
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The an imals they were all r estless
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When the star-pony b roke from her pen
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Now s he was a m are of high sp irit
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Like a whore on a Saturday n ight
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Just k ickin' and fuckin' past the men who were br ushin'
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The e lephants l ying on their s ides
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Well cl ose to the t ent sat some la nterns
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Dangerously next to the h ay
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That m are headed straight for those la nterns
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That some f ool had put there by m istake
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Well up steps some Indian C owboy
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His lasso went whirlin' through the a ir
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In the f ull dead-middle of da nger
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He r oped that runaway m are
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The elep hants raised up their tr umpets
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Two of them broke from their ch ains
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And stam peded that Indian Co wboy
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Who had s aved the b ig-top from fl ames
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So if you ever go out to the c ircus
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Where the Wallendas walk on the w ire
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Reme mber that Indian C owboy
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When the wh ite horses l eap rings of f ire
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O--h, rings of f ire