words and music by Louis Eliot

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'Night On Earth'

 Three Ring Circus

The lights go out without a sound
You can feel the mounting tension
On the bed of nails where we've laid down
Far too many times to mention

(CHORUS)
I was on the high wire looking down
For my safety net
When I swear I saw you with that clown
How can I forget?

You can learn to swallow swords
But it hurts so much more
Swallowing my pride
On a three-ring circus ride

They watch us from the ringside seats
As the knife throwing commences
And though it all looks very cheap
I still can't bring you to your senses

(REPEAT CHORUS)

You can learn to swallow swords
But it hurts so much more
Swallowing your pride
On a three-ring circus ride

Some people ride the wall of death
And it's so dangerously thrilling
Some people fall and break their necks
With just the sky above still spinning

Juggling a precious thing
Pretty soon it will all be broken
If you think I'll jump through hoops with him
I think you must be joking

(REPEAT CHORUS)

You know that trick they do with swords
Well it hurts so much more
Swallowing my pride
On a three-ring circus ride

Louis Eliot 1999

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1. London Crawling

2. Anything Could Happen

3. Anyone Out There?

4. Catherine's Wheel

5. Idiot Twin

6. Shatterproof

7. Brilliant Fake

8. Three Ring Circus

9. Drive

10. Deep Space

11. Underneath A Distant Moon

Eagle Records 2001