The Kid Lyrics

I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
Now I'm watering elephants
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
Dreaming I'm in a suit of lightLate at night in the empty big top
I'm all alone on the high wire
Ladies and gentlemen, there is no net this time
He's a real death defierI'm the kid who always looked out the window
Failing the tests in geography
But I have seen things far beyond just this schoolyard
Distant shores of exotic landsThere's the spires of the Turkish empire
Six months since we made landfall
Riding low with the spices of India
Through Gibraltar, we're rich men allI'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers
Always held out that time would tell
Time was talking, guess I just wasn't listening
No surprise, if you know me wellAs we're walking down toward the train station
I hear a whispering rainfall
Across the boulevard, you slip your hand in mine

In the distance the trains last callI'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming
That sometimes gets me in trouble too
But the truth is, I could no more stop dreaming
Than I could make them all come true