Lyrics：Kent Lavoie Music：Kent Lavoie Once upon my boyhood time The circus came to town I remember church going people Talking the carnies down Misfits of society That's what they said to me So I sneaked up close And watched them work And found that actually They laughed alot They sang out loud The way they walked Made them look kinda proud A little different from you A little different from me Alot like the man who walked Through Galilee Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein Moved in next door to us The neighbors were indignant They put up quit a fuss The neighborhood had gone to pot And they had worked so hard So I sneaked out back Peeked through the fence And watched them do the yard They laughed a lot They sang out loud They looked just like the rest Of the crowd A little different from you A little different from me A lot like the man who walked Through Galilee Everyone is different But everyone's the same Riding around in circles On life's mysterious train What if other people Thought that way of you Too weak for the circus Too dumb to be a Jew A plain old Joe In wash 'n' wear suit Wasting his life away Or do they look in envy And do or don't they say
Lyrics：Kent Lavoie Music：Kent Lavoie Once upon my boyhood time The circus came to town I remember church going people Talking the carnies down Misfits of society That's what they said to me So I sneaked up close And watched them work And found that actually They laughed alot They sang out loud The way they walked Made them look kinda proud A little different from you A little different from me Alot like the man who walked Through Galilee Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein Moved in next door to us The neighbors were indignant They put up quit a fuss The neighborhood had gone to pot And they had worked so hard So I sneaked out back Peeked through the fence And watched them do the yard They laughed a lot They sang out loud They looked just like the rest Of the crowd A little different from you A little different from me A lot like the man who walked Through Galilee Everyone is different But everyone's the same Riding around in circles On life's mysterious train What if other people Thought that way of you Too weak for the circus Too dumb to be a Jew A plain old Joe In wash 'n' wear suit Wasting his life away Or do they look in envy And do or don't they say
