PETER, PAUL & MARY - The Kid lyrics

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I'm the kid who ran away with the circus<br />

Now I'm watering elephants<br />

But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust<br />

Dreaming I'm in a suit of light<br />

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Late at night in the empty big top<br />

I'm all alone on the high wire<br />

Look he's working without a net this time<br />

He's a real death defier<br />

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I'm the kid who always looked out the window<br />

Failing tests in geography<br />

But I've seen things far beyond just the schoolyard<br />

Distant shores of exotic lands<br />

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They're the spires of the Turkish Empire's<br />

Six months since we made landfall<br />

Riding low with the spice of India<br />

Through Gibraltar, we're rich men all<br />

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I'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers<br />

Always held out that time would tell<br />

Time was talking, I guess I just wasn't listening<br />

No surprise, if you know me well<br />

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As we're walking toward the train station<br />

There's a whispering rainfall<br />

Across the boulevard, you slip your hand in mine<br />

In the distance the train calls<br />

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I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming<br />

Sometimes gets me in trouble too<br />

But the truth is, I could no more stop dreaming<br />

Than I could make them all come true<br />

Than I could make them all come true<br /><br />