BABY CRIED THE DAY THE CIRCUS
CAME TO T OWN
'CAUSE SHE D I DN'T W AN T PARADES
JUS T PASS I N ' BY HER
SO SHE PAINTED ON A SMILE AND
TOOK U P W ITH SOM E CL OWN
WHILE SHE DANCED W ITHOU T A NET
UPO N TH E W IRE
I KNOW A LOT ABOUT HER
'CAUSE YOU S EE
BAB Y IS AN A WF U L LOT
LI K E ME
DON 'T CRY OU T L OUD
JUST KEEP IT I N S I DE
AND LEARN HOW TO H I DE
YOU R FEE LI NGS
F L Y H I G H AN D P R OUD
AND IF YOU SHOULD F A LL
REMEMBER YO U AL MOST
HAD I T A LL
BABY SAW THAT WHEN THEY
PULLED THAT B IG T O P DOWN
THEY LEFT BEH I N D HER DREAMS
AMONG T H E L I TT ER
THE DIFFERENT KIN D OF L OVE
SHE THOUGHT SHE'D FOUND
THERE WAS NOTHIN ' LEFT BUT
SA WDUST AND SOM E G LI TTER
BUT BABY CAN 'T B E BROKEN
'CAUSE YOU S EE
SHE HAD THE FINES T TEACHER
THA T WAS M E I TOLD HER
DON 'T C RY O U T L OUD
JUST KEEP IT I NSI DE
AND LEARN HOW TO H I DE
YOU R FEE LI NGS
F L Y H I G H AN D P R OUD
AND IF YOU SHOULD F A LL
REMEMBER YOU AL M OST
HA D I T A LL
DON 'T C RY O U T L OUD
JUST KEEP IT I N S I DE
O H AND LEARN HOW TO H I DE
YOU R FEE LI NGS
F L Y H I G H AND P R OUD
AND IF YOU SHOULD F A LL
REMEMBER YOU AL M OST
MADE IT
DON 'T C RY O U T L OUD
JUST KEEP IT I N S I DE
AND LEARN HOW TO HIDE
YOU R FEE LI NGS
F L Y H I G H AND P R OUD