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Daniel Johnston – Circus Man (1994) | Track profile | Dork

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Daniel Johnston

Circus Man

Release date: 19th September 1994

About This Track

"Circus Man" is a track by Daniel Johnston, from the album Fun, released 19th September 1994. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

Lyrics

Circus Man

If I was a circus man

Then I'd be a circus man

Only you could understand

All my life ahead of me

That's the way it ought to be

Circus, take me away

Wonder where I've been again

Then I'll be back again

See a brand new day

See the girlie on TV

Wonder if she could see me

By the funny magazines of talk

It's a secret part of me, secret identity

Love to love my honey all night long

Take a walk around the block

See the future of the clock

No good in forgetting

If I was a circus man

Only you would understand

There's a story there to tell

See your brother burn in hell

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From Fun

1994

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1994

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