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Emmett Kelly in Love

from Play for Affection by Arms of Kismet

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lyrics

another stagnant Saturday night
for Antoinette and Leila
killing time on the porch like a couple of spinsters
sipping on tequila
but it’s not every night in a life of the same
when the circus is in town
at the fairgrounds

they saw the lion-tamer and the tightrope-walker
under the big top
they grabbed a seat with a view of the clowns
next to the backstop
a little man in the ring swept the light with a broom
and Toni said, ‘I think that’s Emmett Kelly’
and then their eyes met

Leila said, ‘hey, that’s just fine
but it’s silly
he’s been dead since 1979
this Emmett Kelly’

Antoinette shrugged her shoulders and let out a sigh
and ate some cotton candy
said, ‘I’ve been needing a laugh and somebody like that
would come in handy’
she remembered a painting she’d seen as a girl
and said, ‘I know that’s Emmett Kelly’
and then their eyes met

Leila said, ‘hey, that’s okay
but Weary Willie
has been dead forever and a day
so say goodbye to Emmett Kelly’

Antoinette just looked into his eyes

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from Play for Affection, track released November 30, 2010
©2010 Wampus Multimedia. Words and music by Mark Doyon (ASCAP).

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Brooding and poppy, funny and foreboding, it’s toe-tapping, tragicomic rock ’n’ roll.

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