Get your kicks, turning flips
Walking on a tightrope
Send the clowns to pull you down
Laughing at your bad joke

And when the spotlight blinds you
It gets lonely, now you found
Trapeze, it's a long way down

Curtains down, take your bow
Send up another smokescreen
Hold your breath, the crowd is deaf
Keep screaming, it’s a bad dream

And when you're looking down
On all their faces, turn around
Trapeze, it's a long way down

All my life I lived for the show
But they keep pushing me higher
I get so afraid, I can’t let them know
‘Cause if I lose my grip, I can't afford to slip
They got me hanging on the wire

Night and day, I work to play
Through beer cans and laughter
They steal your net, but don't forget
There's two ways on a ladder
They buy your love for a song
And when it's over, they'll take your crown
Trapeze, it's a long way down