| I used to watch the circus come to town,
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| and queue up for the show.
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| I used to fool around and play the clown,
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| a long, long time ago.
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| Another suitcase with another story,
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| another letter in the hallway for me.
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| Another chance of never being there,
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| and then I met a girl with a curious stare
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| So I told you, and you told her,
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| how much I’d like to hold her.
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| And now I’m five years older
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| I wish I’d never told you,
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| I’d like to hold you,
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| but you keep me locked away,
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| locked away.
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| I never thought of her as being like
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| a consolation prize,
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| It took some history and lots of mistakes
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| to open up my eyes.
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| And now a different girl is cutting up 'Mars bars'
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| a season ticket is replacing fast cars.
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| The curtain’s up but the lights are down,
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| the curious stare has re-emerged as a frown.
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| So I told you, and you told her,
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| how much I’d like to hold her.
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| And now I’m five years older
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| I wish I’d never told you,
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| I’d like to hold you,
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| but you keep me locked away,
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| locked away.
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| A complication in the twilight zone,
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| the juggler fell down.
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| The staring girl is living on her own,
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| the other girl is happy living with her clown.
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| So I told you, and you told her,
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| how much I’d like to hold her.
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| And now I’m five years older,
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| I wish I’d never told you,
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| I’d like to hold you,
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| but you keep me locked away,
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| locked away. |