it was a day like any other

my son he turned to me and said

father wherever did we go so wrong

i thought it over for a minute and said

son for twelve years

there was a circus

sometimes i want to dream my life away

and other times it all seems wrong

still other days i want to throw my life away

that's when i know i don't belong

now when i'm down some people ask me

just when and where my luck did change

i smile and say the eighties broke my spirit

'cause when the circus came to town

i was in it's way

this charade is not for me

just put aside what i think it means to me

just put aside my eccentricities

there's nothing for me in this one horse town

at least until the circus came around