《Wild Billy’s Circus Story》歌词

[00:00:00] WILD BILLY'S CIRCUS STORY - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

[00:00:23] The machinist climbs his Ferris wheel like a braid

[00:00:31] And the fire-eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat victim of the heat wave

[00:00:40] Behind the tent the hired hand tightens his legs on the sword swallower's blade

[00:00:51] Circus town's on the shortwave

[00:01:04] Well the runway lies ahead like a great false dawn

[00:01:12] Fat lady big mama Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns

[00:01:21] And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn

[00:01:30] And the midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn

[00:01:41] Circus town's been born

[00:01:46] And a press roll drummer go ballerina to-and-fro cartwheelin' up on that tightrope

[00:01:58] With a cannon blast lightnin' flash movin' fast through the tent Mars-bent

[00:02:03] He's gonna miss his fall oh God save the human cannonball

[00:02:12] And the flyin' Zambinis watch Margarita do her neck twist

[00:02:20] And the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along: 95 96 97

[00:02:31] A ragged suitcase in his hand he steals silently away from the circus grounds

[00:02:39] And the highway's haunted by the carnival sounds

[00:02:44] They dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind

[00:02:52] A man in baggy pants a lonely face a crazy grin

[00:03:03] Runnin' home to some small Ohio town

[00:03:09] Jesus send some good women to save all your clowns

[00:03:19] And Circus Boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire

[00:03:27] And the barker romances with a junkie she's got a flat tire

[00:03:34] And now the elephants dance real funky and the band plays like a jungle fire

[00:03:45] Circus town's on the live wire

[00:03:51] And the strong man Samson lifts the midget little Tiny Tim up on his shoulders way up

[00:03:59] And carries him on down the midway past the kids past the sailors to his dimly lit trailer

[00:04:11] And the Ferris wheel turns and turns like it ain't ever gonna stop

[00:04:20] And the circus boss leans over and whispers into the little boy's ear

[00:04:26] "Hey son you want to try the big top

[00:04:32] All aboard Nebraska's our next stop"