Off To Join The World - (The Circus Song)

Now, friends listen well, let me tell you a story
 I remember just like yesterday
 Of a footloose young lad who ran off with the circus
 Much to his mama's dismay
 He was cleaning up after the elephants when
 This high-flying trapeze girl smiled down
 In search of a handsome companion because
 She had just broken up with a clown
 Now the with one graceful aerial flip he was smitten
 With her and her little tutu
 Standing there love struck, why he almost stumbled
 Into the elephants doing their tricks
 And the ringmaster smiled tipped his top hat and said
 "Son, bid adieu to your heart"
 And his words rang true right there under the bleachers
 Soon after that big top went dark
 Now, the old bearded lady, she whispered, "Be careful"
 On the train to the very next town
 And the handful of midgets who ride unicycles
 Peddled by with one smile and four frowns
 So he had a vague sense of uneasiness when
 His new sweetheart opened the door
 And he knew when he saw the clown standing behind her
 In front of her, there stood one more
 Now, I can't say for sure if it was Barnum or Bailey
 To whom I handed the note
 But a tall skinny feller standing on stilts
 First read these words that I wrote
 It said, 'I promise to never again give my heart
 To some high flying trapeze girl
 Goodbye cruel circus
 I'm off to join the world'