(Is everybody in? Is everybody in?)
Well once upon a time,
There was a happy ever after to this story
But you won't hear one today
The man is sweating bullets
And his heart beats out a cold tattoo
As the band begins to play
So everybody won't you stand
Won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
He's always walked this tightrope
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A monkey on a wire
But he's drunk his cup of sorrow
He's thrown his curses at the moon
Manifestos on the fire
So everybody stand
Everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
C'mon people
Let's hear it!
Put your hands together
For the one, the only, the dying man
On the burning tightrope!
He could'a been somebody
He could'a been somebody else
Yes it could of been much worse
But now the show's over people
There's really nothing more to see
Hope you got your moneys worth
So everybody stand everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope!
(Is it just me, or is it getting a little hot in here?)
(Inch by inch, mile by mile, day by day, year by year)
(C'mon people, put your hands together, and pray)
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(Is everybody in? Is everybody in?)
Well once upon a time,
There was a happy ever after to this story
But you won't hear one today
The man is sweating bullets
And his heart beats out a cold tattoo
As the band begins to play
So everybody won't you stand
Won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
He's always walked this tightrope
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A monkey on a wire
But he's drunk his cup of sorrow
He's thrown his curses at the moon
Manifestos on the fire
So everybody stand
Everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
C'mon people
Let's hear it!
Put your hands together
For the one, the only, the dying man
On the burning tightrope!
He could'a been somebody
He could'a been somebody else
Yes it could of been much worse
But now the show's over people
There's really nothing more to see
Hope you got your moneys worth
So everybody stand everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope!
(Is it just me, or is it getting a little hot in here?)
(Inch by inch, mile by mile, day by day, year by year)
(C'mon people, put your hands together, and pray)
Well once upon a time,
There was a happy ever after to this story
But you won't hear one today
The man is sweating bullets
And his heart beats out a cold tattoo
As the band begins to play
So everybody won't you stand
Won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
He's always walked this tightrope
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A monkey on a wire
But he's drunk his cup of sorrow
He's thrown his curses at the moon
Manifestos on the fire
So everybody stand
Everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope
C'mon people
Let's hear it!
Put your hands together
For the one, the only, the dying man
On the burning tightrope!
He could'a been somebody
He could'a been somebody else
Yes it could of been much worse
But now the show's over people
There's really nothing more to see
Hope you got your moneys worth
So everybody stand everybody won't you give a big hand
To the man on the burning tightrope!
(Is it just me, or is it getting a little hot in here?)
(Inch by inch, mile by mile, day by day, year by year)
(C'mon people, put your hands together, and pray)