Kid, The Lyrics - Lifelines Live - Peter, Paul & Mary

I'm the kid who ran away with the circus 

Now I'm watering elephants 

But sometimes I lie awake in the sawdust 

Dreaming I'm in a suit of light 

Late at night in the empty big top I'm 

All alone on the high wire 

Look, he's working without a net this time 

He's a real death-daffier 

I'm the kid who always looked out the window 

Failing tests in geography 

But I've seen things far beyond just the schoolyard 

Distant shores of exotic lands 

They're the spires of the Turkish empire 

It's six months since we made landfall 

Riding love with the spice of India 

Through Gibraltar, we're rich men all 

I'm the kid who thought we'd someday be lovers 

Always held out that time would tell 

Time was talking, I guess I just wasn't listening 

No surprise if you know me well 

And as we're walking toward the train station 

There's a whispering rainfall 

'Cross the boulevard you slip your hand in mine 

In the distance the train calls 

I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming 

Sometimes gets me in trouble too 

But the truth is I could no more stop dreaming 

Than I could make them all come true