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Tuning: tune down your strings half a step:
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro: A G
A G
The singer cries for people's lies
A G A G
He will sing for the day to bring him night
A G
The circus burns in carnival flame
A G A G
And for a while you won't know my name at all
D C G F A G
But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold
A
G
The juggling clown smiles
to me
A
G A G
And every frown we agree
is glad
A
G
The nighttime comes
to bring the bums
A
G
A G
From Bowery heat to
crimson streets of wine
D C
G F
A G
But magic lands will
never touch our sands
A
G
Your children smile
in single file
A
G A
G
They learn mistakes
that others make
A
G
They see although they
cannot know
A
G
A G
The needs they'll need
to have their greed grow wild
D C
G F
A G
But dance and sing,
for others bring the shame
D
C G F
A G
And for a while you
won't know my name