Down on the Midway
the shadows are creeping
The carneys are sweeping
the sawdust and sand
Next to the Mad Mouse
Just out of eyeshot
House paint on canvas
the worlds’ fading man
Inside a figure
beckoned us closer
We were unsure
but we went anyway
He said come in here quick
‘cause we’re burning daylight
We were caught in the twilight with nothing to say
(Chorus)
Does anybody here
can you find my shadow
Like a slow burning candle
I thought it would last
Seems like I’ve lost
What was too hard to handle
Now there’s less of my future and more of my past
Smoke colored eyes
and a face made out of angles
Her silhouette dangles
like a drunk cigarette
She said what the hell
when she spied her stranger
And he felt the danger
from the sway of her hips
She looked in his eyes
the windows were broken
No curtains were hanging
between him and the storm
She slid him a tumbler
of shoe polish brandy
She said this come in handy
when you need to stay warm
Does anybody here
Can you find my shadow
Like a slow burning candle
I thought it would last
Looks like I lost
what was too hard to handle
Now there’s less of my future
and more of my past
She said I miss you a lot
wherever you’ve gone
But I miss you more
when you’re standing right here
You somehow seem real
when you’re just a memory
You more like a ghost when you’re
standing so near
Just ‘cause you can’t recall
don’t mean it didn’t happen
Just ‘cause you can remember
don’t mean that it did
She watched him leave
and the clowns swept up the spotlight
The man with no shadow
the worlds fading man
Does anybody here
Can you find my shadow
Like a slow burning candle
I thought it would last
Seems like I’ve lost
what was too hard to handle
Now there’s less of my future and more of my past
Now there’s less of my future and more of my past
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Lyrics submitted by John Nicholas.