Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Well, once upon a time There was a happy ever after to this story But you wont hear one today The man is sweating bullets And his heart beats old a cold tattoo As the band begins to play So everybody stand Everybody wont you give a big hand To the man on the burning tightrope Hes always walked this tightrope Between the devil and the deep blue sea A monkey on a wire But hes drunk his cup of sorrow Hes thrown his curses at the moon Manifestos on the fire So everybody stand Everybody wont you give a big hand To the man on the burning tightrope Come on people, lets hear it Put your hands together for the one, the only The dying man on the burning tightrope Hello George, it only takes one clown To blow the whole parade He coulda been somebody He coulda been somebody else Yes, it couldve been much worse But now the shows over, people Theres really nothing more to see Hope you got your moneys worth So everybody stand Everybody wont you give a big hand To the man on the burning tightrope, ho Is it just me, or is it getting a little warm in here? Inch by inch, mile by mile, by day by day, by year by year Come on, people, come on Put your hands together
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