Intro: G, D, C, D, G, D, Em, C
G D Em C
I'm the kid who ran away with the circus
G D C D
Now I'm wandering elephants
G D Em C
But I sometimes lie awake in the sawdust
G D C D
dreaming high in the suit of light
Em C
Late at night in the empty big top on
Em C
I'm alone on the high wire
Em A7
look he's working without a net this time
D C D
he's a real death defyer
G D Em C
I'm the kid who always looked out the windows
G D C D
failing tests in geography
G D Em C
But I've seen things far beyond across the school yard
G D C D
distance shorts of exotic lands
Em C
There's the spires of the turkish empire
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Em C
six months sweet we made the land fall
Em A7
riding low with the spices of India
D C D
Through Japan were rich in all
G D Em C
I'm the kid who who thought we'd someday be lovers
G D C D
always held out that the time we tell
G D Em C
time was talking guess, I wasn't listening
G D C D
No surprise if you know me well
Em C
as we are walking through toward the train station
Em C
there's a whispering rainfall
Em A7
across the boulevard you slip your hand in mine
D C D
in the distance the train calls
G D Em C
I'm the kid who has the habit of dreaming
G D C D
Sometimes gets me in trouble too
G D Em C
But the truth is I could stop no more from dreaming
G D C D
then I could make them all come true
