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Travelling Circus

from Sailors and Insomniacs by māsa

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lyrics

Watch the bluebottle fly
With your myopic eye
While the ringmaster practices
Leading the elephants by.
As you try to sleep
The camp keeps moving east
To face another daybreak
To make another girl fake
Her disappearance in the magic box.

And the big top leaks
And the wagon wheels creak
And the circus keeps travelling.
And the acrobat twists his tethered wrists
But the rope’s not slackening.

The dancing bear looks with despair
As the fiddler plays
And the trapeze sways
And the people shout
And the master spouts his spiel.

And the big top leaks
And the wagon wheels creak
And the circus keeps travelling.
And the lady peers
At her greying beard
How can this be happening?

So they lead you out
For another bout
And they prod and poke
And they tug your coat
And their faces
Like pebbles on the beach
Utter their unanswerable speech.

And the big top leaks
And the wagon wheels creak
And the circus keeps travelling.
And the fortune’s told
But the truth’s been sold
And the road’s unravelling.

credits

from Sailors and Insomniacs, released August 5, 2022
Faron Powell-Smith: Vocals, rodes, piano, keyboards
Merle Powell-Smith: Vocals, keyboards, electric guitar, violin, synths

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Alt-folk duo, FKA Currer Bell.
Sisters, harmonies, storytelling.

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