Voltaire - When the circus came to town

Well the ^Ddays are long, and the work is hard When your ^Gchildhood is spent in the ^Dfields And summer seemed to last a million ^Ayears One ^Dday when I was just a boy During ^Gone of those hot summer ^Dswells The locusts were silenced by the clanging of ^Abells

And ^Gthere was the ^Athing for ^Dwhich I ^Glonged A place where ^AI be^Dlonged Where I ^Gfirst held the ^Ahand of the ^Done I ^Gloved (pause) When the ^Gcircus ^Acame to ^Dtown

We ate ^Dcandy corns and corn dogs Cotton ^Gcandy and candy ^Dcanes And we shared a caramel apple by the ar^Acade And when ^Dnight fell, and the stars rose And ^Glights bedazzled the ^Dfair We rode the Ferris Wheel up into the ^Aair

And ^Gthere was the ^Athing for ^Dwhich I ^Glonged A place where ^AI be^Dlonged Where I ^Gfirst held the ^Ahand of the ^Done I ^Gloved (pause) When the ^Gcircus ^Acame to ^Dtown

And ^Glater in the fun-house, our ^Dbodies looked so strange And the ^Gmirrors made our faces seem ^Dderanged And the ^Gsnake man, in the ^Afreak show ^DHe got you so ^Galarmed That you ^Aran and ran and ran right into my arms, oh oh oh

The next ^Dmorning, I got up Wrapped my ^Gclothes up into a ^Dball And I ran and ran to run away with the ^Afair But when ^DI arrived, to my surprise All the ^Gtents and wagons were ^Dgone And they'd stolen all the happiness from the ^Aair

And ^Ggone was the ^Athing for ^Dwhich I ^Glonged That place where ^AI be^Dlonged Where I ^Glast held the ^Ahand of the ^Done I ^Gloved (pause) When the ^Gcircus ^Acame When the ^Dcircus ^Gcame When the circus ^Acame to ^Dtown