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 Family Circus
(1 Vs.)
I don't know why you turn me
away,
You have nothin' but mean words to say,
And I don't
know what made it happen this way,
But I'm leavin' today. (echo
day)
You talk behind my back ev'ry night,
Your smile's
sweet with honey-but your words are of spite,
You take what's
wrong and you make it seem right,
Well, I'm leavin' tonight.
(echo night)
(Chor.)
It's a Family Circus that's come to
town,
You're the ringmaster and we are your clowns.
Heaven's
angels are now hell-bound,
What comes around, goes around.
(2 Vs.)
Family Circus - enter for free,
I shed a
tear for humanity.
Can a deaf mind hear or a blind heart see?
We all must drink from your cup of tea.
There's not
enough bad in this world to do,
That tears up families - splits
them in two.
False words spoken, never one true,
What's
happenin' to me and you?
(Chor.)
It's a Family Circus
that's come to town,
You're the ringmaster and we are your
clowns.
Heaven's angels are now hell-bound,
What comes
around, goes around.
(Music solo)
(3 Vs.)
Now
years've gone by - that time is past,
You thought you'd keep me
there but I'm free at last.
Free to play the role I've been
cast,
No questions answered - don't even ask!
(Chor.)
It's a Family Circus that's come to town,
Now I'm the ringmaster and I have my
clowns.
Heaven's angels are now hell-bound,
What comes
around, goes around.
(Fade)
It's a Family Circus that's
come to town. (echo town)
Copyright 1985, 2001 by
Michael A. Tromm.
This song is my tribute to child
abuse-a menace that has made the phrase "vicious cycle" cliche. I
imagine someone like James Young of Styx singing it with his
emotion-ripping chords and licks he can drag-kicking and
screaming-from his six strings. It is written in Fm and has a very
powerful and insistent rhythm, except for the 3rd vs. which is
played an octave higher on my piano to give it a faraway, reflective
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