Circus Singer Songtext
von Jackson Fig

So

You think you can be a circus singer?
Not sure who you think you are
But you′re green here, fella
And the only green we listen to
Is dollar billas

You gotta understand and feel me this
People only come to tents for the elephants
And the trapecists, and the women barely dressed
They don't care about the air you′re blowing out your chest

Tell us then
Why would you want to do this?
What do you get from it?

What makes anyone want to sing?
What does it take?
What did I forget to bring?
When no one's even listening
Why won't you just speak?


Fine, Jesus, here have a bite to eat
I couldn′t even get the rats to sniff this meat
You can sleep on this hay
We try to keep it dry and
Most of it hasn′t been shit on today

And by the way
This is all it is
And no one's forcing you to stay

What makes you want to sing?
What does it take?
What did I forget to bring?
When no one′s even listening
Why won't you just speak?

He′s up in the night
Humming in the dark again
He's singing lullabies
By the lion′s den
He's out in the dawn a.m.
Harmonizing by the grizzlies' pen
He′s predictable is all I′m saying
And I have been thinking
I mean, I have just been thinking
I have


And I had a notion
Why don't we push him in?
We all had enough of his bullshit

What keeps him singing?
What keeps him singing?
When no one′s even listening
He won't speak

What keeps him singing?
When no one, I mean no one is listening