Verse: 
 
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Your grand dad left home for the circus. He was young just like me, 
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with hope to explore. He married a girl in Virginia. 
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She could swing the trapeze; they could sleep on the floor.  
 
Bridge: 
 
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          when she stared at the world.  
 
Chorus: 
 
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So why do  you leave these stories unfinished, 
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my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in her eyes? 
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Why do you look when you've already found it? 
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What did you find that could leave you walking by?