Off To Join The World (the Circus Song) Lyrics - Off To Join The World - Blaine Larsen

Now, friends listen well, let me tell you a story 

I remember just like yesterday 

Of a footloose young lad who ran off with the circus 

Much to his mama's dismay 

He was cleaning up after the elephants when 

This high-flying trapeze girl smiled down 

In search of a handsome companion because 

She had just broken up with a clown 

Now the with one graceful aerial flip he was smitten 

With her and her little tutu 

Standing there love struck, why he almost stumbled 

Into the elephants doing their tricks 

And the ringmaster smiled tipped his top hat and said 

"Son, bid adieu to your heart" 

And his words rang true right there under the bleachers 

Soon after that big top went dark 

Now, the old bearded lady, she whispered, "Be careful" 

On the train to the very next town 

And the handful of midgets who ride unicycles 

Peddled by with one smile and four frowns 

So he had a vague sense of uneasiness when 

His new sweetheart opened the door 

And he knew when he saw the clown standing behind her 

In front of her, there stood one more 

Now, I can't say for sure if it was Barnum or Bailey 

To whom I handed the note 

But a tall skinny feller standing on stilts 

First read these words that I wrote 

It said, 'I promise to never again give my heart 

To some high flying trapeze girl 

Goodbye cruel circus 

I'm off to join the world'