In an interview with Krista Detor, I asked her, "What is your favorite song of your songs?"
She responded, "It's the one I'm most proud of. It's not the song that I've gotten the best press on. It's a story that Dave gave me about when he worked in a circus for many years as a catcher on the flying
trapeze. I just love how the song came together...it came together pretty quickly. I think it is one of my best!"
Words to the song are below:
Started out a sailor, I got the draft at eighteen
Never got anywhere near any war like the kind some people seen
Twenty years later I ran away from home
Long run of bad luck I found myself all alone
Didn't leave a note, left the kitchen light on
Went and joined the circus to paint a happy face on
Didn't know nothing 'bout no tightrope walkin',
Too big for a clown car
They handed me a shovel and they didn't ask questions,
Led me to the trailers, lookin' at my future
And this side of the big top, time moves slow
Stuck in the belly of a travellin' mud show
And this side of the big top, time moves slow
Stuck in the belly of a travellin' mud show
There's an ugly clown with big blue hair and red-ringed eyes
Has a lot of fun orderin' me around though I'm
twice his size (and I could kick his ass)
There's a pretty flier up on the trapeze
Wrote her a poem and now she won't look at me
Brought my boombox and I brought my CDs
Brought my toolbox cause it comes in handy
Sweeping the bleachers, a plastic graveyard of
Novelties and sticky gray cotton candy
Got some pictures in my wallet and I look at them occasionally
When I had a drink or two I look at who I used to be
Heard one of the handlers broke into a pharmacy
Head over later to see what he's got for me to... take the edge off
The wheel of death is turning and the wheel walker fakes a fall
Wish that they were faking when the car crash took 'em all
Wish that he was faking when the cop made the phone call
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Album: Mudshow http://www.kristadetor.com/mudshow
Venue: The Paradiso http://www.paradiso.nl
Video: FabChannel http://www.fabchannel.com
Website: http://www.kristadetor.com
Free Mudshow ringtones from http://www.myxer.com/get/artist/6568850/
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