This is a re-mix of a song I uploaded earlier.
photo “Circus Party-21” by pyramis https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindmob/
The Day the Clowns Cried C.2014 Tom Cerrigione
I sat down and I began to read
a story in a magazine
I felt a tightness in my throat
when I thought about the smoke
and I imagined myself there
with that little girl in the blond hair
and all of the survivors
who made it through the fire
Chorus
In 1944
on the 6th day of July
I wasn't even born
on the day the clowns cried
The greatest show on earth
was playing right outside
It was women and children first
on the day the clowns cried
V2
And now I'm guessing all we have
are the memories and photographs
of the fathers and the brothers
the sisters and the mothers
I’m wondering what that feeling's like
And wishing I could save her life
could I do what was required?
would I run back in the fire?
repeat chorus
A bronze medallion marks the spot
of the center ring of the big top
there's a list of all the names
of the ones lost in the flames
and little miss 1565
spreads her wings and away she flies
somewhere in the wind
just like she did then