The White Tops Songtext
von Rhett Miller

I was following the white tops
I was chasing my dreams
I was working the trapeze and the trampoline
I was in love with the girl at the freak show
She was in love with the prominent clown
We were dazzling the fans in the dusty town

I was a stranger in the real world
With the permanent frown
I found a family, now I follow the white tops
All the way down
Do you love me now?

She never bragged at the jackpot
But she pulled me in
When she smiled my way every now and then
I was drawn to the magnetic lady
I was the flyer in the matinee
I felt the catcher′s fingertips slip away


I was a stranger in the real world
With the permanent frown
I found a family, now I follow the white tops
All the way down
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?

Tied one on with the carny's
Wound up tying my noose
To the corner of the safety net
Where the rope came loose
Now I′m following the white tops
All the way down
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?

I was a stranger in the real world
With the permanent frown
I was in love with the feeling of falling down


Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?
Do you love me now?