Key: F major
Verse 1
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Once upon a summer
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A traveling circus came to town
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From the land down un der
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And I was filled with wonder
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When I saw the girl on
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the flying trapeze
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Tear through the air with the greatest of ease
Verse 2
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I got cotton candy
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And then in a daze, I met her gaze
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And she winked right at me
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And my heart pounded madly
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When I saw the girl on
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the flying trapeze
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Capture the crowd with
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the greatest of ease
Verse 3
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She was a light in a dark lullaby
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That girl was raised by a but terfly
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I swear when I caught her eye,
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I could almost fly
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And under the circus lights
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I must have fallen in love
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that night
Verse 4
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Lighter than a feather
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But careful, as with a heavy heart
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She seemed to fall forever
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And then I wondered whether
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I no ticed the girl on the flying trapeze
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Blink back a tear with
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the greatest of ease
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And she took my breath away
Verse 5
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ful
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Confetti rained as she climbed
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Like a homesick angel
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"She makes heartache painful"
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I thought as the girl on
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the flying trapeze
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Melted my heart with
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the greatest of ease
Verse 6
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play of rosépoetry
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What a majestic menager ie
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I swear when I caught her eye,
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I could almost fly
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And under the circus lights
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I must have fallen in love that night
Verse 7
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men)
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(Welcome to the most spectacular show on
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And she took my breath
Verse 8
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away
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I was so enamored
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And she took my breath away
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And she took my breath away
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I was so enamored
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And that's how the girl on
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the flying trapeze
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Knocked me off my feet with
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the greatest of ease
Verse 9
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And then with a charming sweetness
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She smiled and waved and took a bow
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For a crowd stunned speechless
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And I was charmed to pieces
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When the girl on the flying trapeze
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Magically dissolved like a song
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on the breeze
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And simply broke my heart
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with the greatest of ease
Verse 10
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a roar of ap plause
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She seemed to drown in the oohs and ahs
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I hung around 'til the clowns
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tore the big top down
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And soon it was almost dawn
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I looked and looked but the
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girl was gone
Verse 11
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Deep down I felt kinda blue
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for a day or two
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Then clear as a bell, I knew
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I would run away with the circus too
Outro 1
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Bm
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Am
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