The circus came to town...
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Imagine that about ¾ of your year is spent living in hotel rooms, or on a bus with at least four or five other people, or flying - and then pouring your heart out night after night on a stage in front of hungry audiences who have paid for your performance. It sounds like a glamorous fantasy for a lot of us, but the reality is tough. The road has broken so many souls over the years. 
This Mule song seems to me like a personal account of life as a traveling musician. The depth of this track is just one example of why I love Warren Haynes – it starts getting really good around the 3 minute mark - I mean like whoa - and then again at the 4.5 minute mark. Oh how I love this song. Some may say 9 minutes is too long...but what about 9 minutes in heaven?~A primadonna with a premonition feels like he's preachin' to the choirA superstar filled with superstition can't pull himself out of the mireAll you ever dreamed of is finally in your reach but careful what you wish forIf you don't practice what you preachThe circus came to town, I guess it must have stayedIt's like an endless paradeAll these people you can see through like ghosts, maybe you've seen too muchNothing's real, nothing you can feel, no one you can touchStrangers stare in silence, they think they know your mindNo place to jump off, that's the way the game's designedAnother new day dawns, another sunset fadesIt's like an endless paradeMusic, music and more music imploding inside your brainThe life that you have chosen did it finally drive you insanePsychophantic tirades fill your head with ammunitionSights set on your enemies but you keep losing your positionReluctantly you face the day try to get your gameface onWhat used to be a fantasy has now become a marathonEvery heart you ever broke, all the people you've betrayedAnother new day dawnsAnother sunset fadesYeh, the circus came to town, I guess it must have stayedIt's like an endless parade~
This Mule song seems to me like a personal account of life as a traveling musician. The depth of this track is just one example of why I love Warren Haynes – it starts getting really good around the 3 minute mark - I mean like whoa - and then again at the 4.5 minute mark. Oh how I love this song. Some may say 9 minutes is too long...but what about 9 minutes in heaven?~A primadonna with a premonition feels like he's preachin' to the choirA superstar filled with superstition can't pull himself out of the mireAll you ever dreamed of is finally in your reach but careful what you wish forIf you don't practice what you preachThe circus came to town, I guess it must have stayedIt's like an endless paradeAll these people you can see through like ghosts, maybe you've seen too muchNothing's real, nothing you can feel, no one you can touchStrangers stare in silence, they think they know your mindNo place to jump off, that's the way the game's designedAnother new day dawns, another sunset fadesIt's like an endless paradeMusic, music and more music imploding inside your brainThe life that you have chosen did it finally drive you insanePsychophantic tirades fill your head with ammunitionSights set on your enemies but you keep losing your positionReluctantly you face the day try to get your gameface onWhat used to be a fantasy has now become a marathonEvery heart you ever broke, all the people you've betrayedAnother new day dawnsAnother sunset fadesYeh, the circus came to town, I guess it must have stayedIt's like an endless parade~
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