Iron And Wine - The Trapeze Swinger Lyrics

Complimentary "The Trapeze Swinger" Ringtone

Ooh, ooh, ooh 
Please remember me 
Happily 
By the rose bush laughing 
With bruises on my chin 
A time when 
We counted every black car 
Passing your house 
Beneath the hill 
And up until 
Someone caught us in the kitchen 
With maps, a mountain range 
A piggy bank 
A vision too removed to mention 

But please remember me 
Fondly 
I heard from someone you're still pretty 
And then they went on to say 
That the Pearly Gate 
Has some eloquent graffiti 
Like "We’ll meet again" 
And "Fuck the man" 
"Tell my mother not to worry" 
And angels with their great handshakes 
But always done in such a hurry 

And please remember me 
At Halloween 
Making fools of all the neighbors 
Our faces painted white 
By midnight we’d forgotten one another 
And when the morning came 
I was ashamed 
Only now it seems so silly 
That season left the world 
And then returned 
But now you're lit up by the city 

So please remember me 
Mistakenly 
In the window of the tallest tower 
Call and passes by 
But much too high 
To see the empty road at happy hour 
Gleam and resonate 
Just like the gates 
Around the holy kingdom 
With words like "Lost and found" 
And "Don’t look down" 
And "Someone save temptation" 

And please remember me 
As in the dream 
We had as rug burn babies 
Upon the fallen trees 
And fast asleep 
Beside the lions and the ladies 
That called you what you like 
And even might 
Give a gift for your behavior 
Of lead and chance to see 
A trapeze swinger high as any savior 

But please remember me 
My misery 
And how it lost me all I wanted 
Those dogs that love the rain 
And chasing trains 
The colored birds above 
They're running in circles 
Round the well 
And where it spells 
On the wall behind Saint Peter 
So bright on cinder-gray 
In spray paint 
"Who the hell can see forever?" 

And please remember me 
Seldomly 
In the car behind the carnival 
My hand between your knees 
You turn from me 
Said the trapeze act was wonderful 
But never meant to last 
The clowns that pass 
Saw me just come up with anger 
When it filled the circus domes 
The parking lot 
Had an element of danger 

So please remember me 
Finally 
And all my uphill clawing 
My dear 
But if I make 
The Pearly Gates 
Do my best to make a drawing 
Of God and Lucifer 
A boy and girl 
An angel kissing on a sinner 
A monkey and man 
A marching band 
All around the frightened trapeze swinger

Complimentary "The Trapeze Swinger" Ringtone

lyrics submitted by Becca on 15-02-2005
lyrics corrected by Sonal on 18-05-2007