F               Bb
Once upon my boyhood time
C                      F
The circus came to town
                 Bb
I remember church going people
C                       F
Talking the carnies down
Bb             C
Misfits of society
Bb                         C
That's what they said to me
     Bb
So I sneaked up close
            C
And watched them work
     Bb                C Gm7 C
And found that actually

      F
They laughed alot
      Bb
They sang out loud
    F
The way they walked
           C
Made them look kinda proud
Bb                         C
A little different from you
Bb                         C
A little different from me
 Bb                   C
Alot like the man who walked
             F  Fsus F Fsus
Through Galilee

Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein
Moved in next door to us
The neighbors were indignant
They put up quit a fuss
The neighborhood had gone to pot
And they had worked so hard
So I sneaked out back
Peeked through the fence
And watched them do the yard

They laughed a lot
They sang out loud
They looked just like the rest
Of the crowd
A little different from you
A little different from me
A lot like the man who walked
Through Galilee

C               F
Everyone is different
    C                 F
But everyone's the same
C                 F
Riding around in circles
    G                C7   C7sus C7
On life's mysterious train

F                   Bb
What if other people
C                       F
Thought that way of you
                   Bb
Too weak for the circus
     C              F
Too dumb to be a Jew
   Bb
A plain old Joe
    C
In wash 'n' wear suit
Bb                   C
Wasting his life away
   Bb              C
Or do they look in envy
    Bb               C
And do or don't they say

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 Famous Music / Kaiser Music