No, no, no I did not call I never was allowed To speak up at all I was just thinkin' out loud Transylvania Train, circus never came Heroes are all gone No trampoline, fell
break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is And then I fell in love With the most wonderful boy in the world We'd take long walks down
it clowns Circus sound painted frown Carnival of carnage creeping round I'm Violent J and I'm sick They try to run me down but ya know I'm too slick
a nap rubbla, voodoo smugglaSee I got the symptoms of insanity, I'm down with J from the ICPI'm down with him and he's down with meSo if we gotta chop
circus, I flip verses, you feeling me, abilities, My currency with which I buy credibility, Facilities were built, just to be torn down, Till the wheels
were I'm on a rollercoaster Want to get back on the Tilt-A-Whirl I'll be your monkey, a puppy, I'll be your circus freak I fell the first day, it took
all in, cash it all in Cash it all in, cash it all in I fell in love with a circus, that's why I left town Clowns breath down my neck, I thought they
d have to get high just to be dull I'm institutional My TV screen Spins around and around And around and around I need a sideshow Some kinda creep show They ran the circus
Dick Feller He was a boy when the circus first came to the dust of his West Texas town. And twenty years later, he'd spent twenty years as Jocko the
Pre intro: a em a em gm A em g d The ringmaster looked a bit pasty and down dying as he was to get out of town A em The lions and the tigers
and high and a lie I work at the circus and I sleep with the clown when I took off my dress the sky fell down if the sky falls down then we play on
on the ceiling and butterfly wings on the walls And I'll hear Whitman crying through the cracks of the floor Is that the ghost of me? Yeah you own your own circus
And write down theories in chalk on the side walk Chorus: "The devil lurks and my heart irks for the hell Look into the eyes of a *nigga* who fell" -----
Still waiting for the day I see my name in lights Chorus Tell 'em once tell 'em twice Only time will tell Some go up, some go down and some never fell
cry no more Believe my own nonsense I can't lie no more Soul's dead, breathless I can't sigh no more Wheel's already fell off, I can't ride no more I
young bud I'm not a elevator, I'm no come-up Nor do I go down, do like Brand Nubian, slow down Whole clip, blow pounds Silencers steady, that's no
Pack up my shit I'm on the road like Kerouac (Whoo) Found tranquility in the cover that holds me (Down, down) People I've query, I'm always on the move