1941

Album: Pandemonium Shadow Show (1967)
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  • Well in 1941 a happy father had a son
    And by 1944 the father walked right out the door
    And in '45, the mom and son were still alive
    But who could tell in '46 if the two were to survive

    Well the years were passing quickly
    But not fast enough for him
    So he closed his eyes through '55
    And then he opened them up again
    When he looked around he saw a clown
    And the clown seemed very gay
    And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away

    Well he followed every railroad track
    And every highway sign
    And he had a girl in each new town
    And the towns he left behind
    And the open road
    Was the only road he knew
    But the color of his dreams
    Was slowly turning into blue

    Then he met a girl, the kind of girl
    He wanted all his life
    She was soft and kind and good to him
    So he took her for his wife
    And they got a house not far from town
    And in a little while
    The girl had seen the doctor
    And she came home with a smile

    Now in 1961, a happy father had a son
    And by 1964 the father walked right out the door
    And in '65 the mom and son were still around
    But what will happen to the boy
    When the circus comes to town? Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barbara Elaine Kirk from Morley, West YorkshireI recall reading a piece by Ray Connolly in the Daily Mail about how this song had inspired him. He thought - what if the boy in the song hadn't joined the circus like his dad, but joined a funfair? And this idea went into the film That'll Be The Day, where David Essex played Jim McLaine, who did run away from his mother to join a funfair after his soldier dad abandoned the family.
  • Lars63 from TxHe left us too early.
    Many do.
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