Verse:
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Your grand dad left home for the circus. He was young just like me,
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with hope to explore. He married a girl in Virginia.
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She could swing the trapeze; they could sleep on the floor.
Bridge:
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when she stared at the world.
Chorus:
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So why do you leave these stories unfinished,
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my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in her eyes?
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Why do you look when you've already found it?
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What did you find that could leave you walking by?