D A Bm G
I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
D A G A
Now I'm watering elephants
D A Bm G
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
D A G A
Dreaming I'm in a suit of light
Bm Gmaj7
Late at night in the empty big top
Bm Gmaj7
I'm all alone on the high wire
Bm E7
Look he's working without a net this time
A Asus A
He's a real death defyer
D A Bm G
I'm the kid who always looked out the window
D A G A
Failing tests in geography
D A Bm G
But I've seen things far beyond just the school yard
D A G A
Distant shores of exotic lands
Bm Gmaj7
There're the spires of the Turkish Empire
Bm Gmaj7
Six months since we made landfall
Bm E7
Riding low with the spice of India
A
Through Gibralter
Asus A Em C D A Em C G A
We're rich men
D A Bm G
I'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers
D A G A
Always held out that time would tell
D A Bm G
Time was talking guess I just wasn't listening
D A G A
No surprise if you know me well
Bm Gmaj7
And as we're walking toward the train station
Bm Gmaj7
There's a whispering rainfall
Bm E7
Cross the boulevard you slip your hand in mine
A Asus A
In the distance the train calls
D A Bm G
I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming
D A G A
Sometimes gets me in trouble too
D A Bm G
But the truth is I could no more stop dreaming
D A G D
Than I could make them all come true
From Cry Cry Cry with Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplanksy, & Richard Shindell
Razor & Tie Records 1998
EMI April Music Inc/Sparking Gap Music