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Real Gone (Remastered)
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3:56

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"Circus" is a track by Tom Waits, from the album Real Gone (Remastered). The track is 3:56 long. Dork has published 1 article about Tom Waits.

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Real Gone (Remastered)

5th October 2004

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9

1Top of the Hill
4:00
2Hoist That Rag
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3Sins of My Father
10:37
4Shake It
3:58
5Don't Go Into That Barn
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6How's It Gonna End
4:51
7Metropolitan Glide
4:11
8Dead and Lovely
5:41
9Circus
3:56
10Trampled Rose
3:57
11Green Grass
3:12
12Baby Gonna Leave Me
3:49
13Clang Boom Steam
0:47
14Make It Rain
3:39
15Day After Tomorrow
5:58
16Chick a Boom
1:17
—Hoist That Rag - Remastered
4:08
—Trampled Rose - Remastered
3:57

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