When The Circus Came To Town

C F C F C C F F When the circus came to town, all the kids went giddy with glee F F C C But the parents had their doubts, and they wanted the circus to leave F F C C They said that the ringmaster looked like a pederast bum Dm F F G C And the acrobats they were heard talking in a foreign tongue C C F F When the circus came to town no one was more thrilled than Anne F F C C As wild as they come, she was the best friend that I ever had F F C C The tickets were expensive, and her mom wouldn't lend her a cent Dm F F G C But Anne found a tear in the tarp, and we snuck inside the tent F F C C And the ringmaster waltzed with his blind three-legged greyhound F F C C While the acrobats up in the air spun around and around F C C/B Am They all came out to take their final bow Dm F F G C Me and Anne we blessed the day that the circus came to town C C F F In the morning the circus was gone and so was Anne F F C C Her mother went a little bit crazy she couldn't understand F F C C In a week or so I got a letter, and it was from Anne Dm F F G C And I read these words out loud to make sure I understand F F C C "I'm gonna miss you, you'll always be my best friend F F C C It pains me to think I won't see you maybe ever again F C C/B Am But I know that you know all my reasons, so I won't write them down Dm F F G C Just please think of me every time the circus comes to town" C C F F A year passed by, and her parents never spoke her name F F C C When the circus returned, they went looking for her in vain F F C C Sitting in the tent they caught the ringmaster's eye Dm F F G C He invited them back to his trailer for some late-night tea and pie F F C C And they talked all night, they talked 'til the morning come F F C C While the acrobats they sang a sad foreign song F F C C/B Am Everyone in camp heard Anne's mother wailing out loud Dm F F G C Accompanied by that old blind three-legged greyhound C C F F Another year passed and still they don't speak her name F F C C But looking at her parents you can see that something has changed F F C C/B Am In the evenings they sit in the park and watch the sun go down Dm F F G C Maybe dreaming about the day that the circus comes back to town