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Greatest Show

from Golden Mile by Hereward Kaye

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GREATEST SHOW

Surfacing in hatred at the dead of noon
Can’t get into costume a moment too soon
The man that I greet is a man on the street
When I wake up

Getting out the Leichner number five and nine
Reading my face in between the lines
Don’t look at me, mine’s a face you don’t see without make-up

Pocket ful of flowers and me daisy roots
Toffee apple nose and a big check suit
Don’t look at me, I don’t pretend to be a maestro

Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
Who is the greatest clown of us all?
Maybe not me but I’m good for 2d in a side show

Just take me where the sawdust is, gee whizz
A patch of silver light and it’s showbiz
If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll laugh when you see me go down
Just take me where the flour’s going to fly
Got the kind of face that meets a pie
There’s plenty more shows till I change into clothes half this size.

Great ringmaster in the sky
Harlequin sitting at your side
Pantalon, Pierrot and Columbine
Can you hear me?

Tell me where do old clowns go when they die?
Is there a circus on high?
In the greatest show off earth, for all I’m worth
Am I appearing?

Cos take me where the sawdust is, gee whizz
A patch of silver light and it’s showbiz
If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll laugh when you see me go down
And take me where the flour’s going to fly
I’ve got the kind of face that meets a pie
There’s plenty more shows till I change into clothes half this size.

If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll gasp when you see me fly
If you don’t think I’m funny you’ll gasp when you see me fly …

credits

from Golden Mile, released August 1, 2001
Drums: Dave Mattacks
Bass: Tom Robinson
Guitar: Phil Palmer
Piano & Synths: David Hentschel
Fender Rhodes: Pete Wingfield
Trumpet: Dave Caswell

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Hereward Kaye Haywards Heath, UK

Singer/Songwriter, Musical Theatre Composer & Lyricist, Scriptwriter.

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