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lyrics

When I heard you weeping
I lay silent at your side
Knowing nothing I could muster, could ever ease your troubled mind
So when the circus came to town
And I took you by the hand
Every gypsy boy was looking cool, and eagerly at you

The magician looked upon you
Aimed to separate your halves
But couldn’t in his passions conjure foresight
Then the teller told you softly
To let your spirit be its child
That ships inside of bottles never sink

The tiger tamer said its sorrow
Thats been eating you alive
Just one sip from a magic phial should do you
And in the back room of the spinner
There stood five large ladies lined
They said: “Listen honey, he has but one thing on his mind”

And when the man who stood like Atlas
Speaking wisely with a sigh
Said: "Are you bound inside a body or are you bound inside your mind?"
And pulling out his jacket side
Offering to sell you time
You said: "Which ones aren’t you selling? For I wish to make them mine"

The rider rode in late at night
And suggested you seek size
To embellish life with meaning, source and pride
The operator and the elephant
Were at arms with one another
The operator shouted out: “This great pork is no mans god!”

The scoundrel proposed he hold you
Have a teenage meadows affair
And after you have thrown him you may throw your cares
The conjoined and the contortioned
Pounded hard their chests like drums
Said: "The secret is a secret only 'cause there isn’t one"

The man with miracle elixirs
Charged only favours in return
But he left his wife and child and brother on the winding dusty road
When we took our seats inside
The leader of the top was tall and wide
With magnitude he sung out: “What beast does not fear fire?”

The somersaulting queen of diamonds
Knew there was nothing left to add:
“For wisdom is for scholars and squeaking is for mice”
But the spinners and the ringers and the dives
They mesmerised your pearlish eyes
Offered something of distraction as disguise

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from Acknowledgments, released January 25, 2023
Written by Fergus Baynes

Grace Bailey - Bass, Vocals
Fergus Baynes - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Harry Hayes - Lead Acoustic Guitar
Mikey Phillips - Drums
Jacob Stirrat - Violin

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