Hartford Circus Fire, 1944
The lead man stepped out on the wire
A spark drifted down through the stands
And the Flying Wallendas
And the crowd all drew a breath
The maestro kept a short leash on the band
The rigging went up like a match-head
And Karl said, "boys don't look down"
It was right here in Hartford back in 1944
Barnum cast a shadow on this town
And the canvas was roaring like thunder
And the ashes still stick to our shoes
And except for the nightmares and the coughing
It's like the circus never passed through
It's like the circus never passed through
And now the angels voices don't carry
The choirs disband and drift apart
And Jesus Christ himself was struck silent
By this smoking Connecticut heart
A panic swept through the bigtop
"Stars and Stripes Forever" and those screams
And no one in Hartford is sleeping easy
'Cause the circus lives here in our dreams
Yeah, the circus lives here in our dreams
A spark drifted down through the stands
And the Flying Wallendas
And the crowd all drew a breath
The maestro kept a short leash on the band
The rigging went up like a match-head
And Karl said, "boys don't look down"
It was right here in Hartford back in 1944
Barnum cast a shadow on this town
And the canvas was roaring like thunder
And the ashes still stick to our shoes
And except for the nightmares and the coughing
It's like the circus never passed through
It's like the circus never passed through
And now the angels voices don't carry
The choirs disband and drift apart
And Jesus Christ himself was struck silent
By this smoking Connecticut heart
A panic swept through the bigtop
"Stars and Stripes Forever" and those screams
And no one in Hartford is sleeping easy
'Cause the circus lives here in our dreams
Yeah, the circus lives here in our dreams
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Writer(s): Curtis Eller
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