Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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Well in
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1941 a
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happy father had a son
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And by 1944 the father walked
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And in '45, the mom
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and son were still alive
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But who could tell in '46 if the
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two were to survive
Verse 2
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quickly
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But not fast enough for him
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So he closed his eyes through '55
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And then he opened them up again
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And the clown seemed very gay
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And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Well he fol lowed every railroad track
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And every highway sign
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And he had a girl in each new town
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And the towns he left behind
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And the open road
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Was the only road he knew
Verse 4
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Then he met a girl, the kind of girl
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He wanted all his life
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She was soft and kind and good to him
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So he took her for his wife
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And they got a house not far from town
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And in a little while
Verse 5
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Now in 1961, a happy father had a son
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And by 1964 the father
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walked right out the door
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And in '65 the mom
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and son were still around
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When the circus comes to
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town?
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