Water For Elephants: The Musical Soundtrack Album Lyrics

[JACOB]
This train is bound for anywhere
I'm going there too
Don't care much where we end up
As long as it's new and free
Of everything behind me

The rain's been pounding down on me
Been hard to see
That fog is gone now
And everything's blue
And blue and blue and blue

Why hang your head and cry
There's miles and miles of sky
Choose one
And let it swallow you

That patch of Earth, that person you were
Those people you loved
They're gone, move on
Rise up and above the ground
Not back and not down
But anywhere

They say that home is where your heart is
It's not the place you started
My heart is anywhere but home
These plains, these towns
These fields of amber grain
I'll go insane
Are filled with people leaving
People like me, they know
It's time to go
Anywhere

[CAMEL]
Well, look at this
Where you headed to, kid?

[JACOB, spoken]
Wherever the train takes me
You mind if I come down?

[CAMEL]
Don't really care, sorry to say, 'cause
You gotta find another train

[WADE]
Got no room for bums on this train

[CAMEL]
The whole country's on the run
You think you're the first one to think to bum a ride?
Jump the line
I think you jumped the gun, son
[JACOB, spoken]
Tell you what, we can talk about it after you help me, alright?

[CAMEL]
Believe, I do feel your pain
But you gotta find another train

[JACOB, spoken]
Somebody just give me a hand here, will you?

[ALL]
Don't be expecting any handlin'
We ain't giving you no handouts, son
It don't matter if you're down and out

[CAMEL]
(Ooh)
W ooh ooh ooh oohelcome to the party
(Ooh)
W ooh ooh ooh oohe all got a sob story
(Ooh)
B ooh ooh ooh oohut you can sob your story that way
'Cause you gotta find another train

[JACOB, spoken]
OK, OK...
[WALTER]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
We've all been there before
Some more than others
Running from your troubles
Well there ain't no easy way

[CAMEL, spoken]
Next station, you best skedaddle, we'll be in Utica by sunup

[WADE, spoken]
But we don't got room for strays

[Chorus]
You gotta find another train

[WADE]
Better yet, I think we red-light the bum

[Chorus]
You gotta find another train

[JACOB]
Back off, mister!
I'm not here for your amusement
Keep pushing me
And I don't know what I might do
I'm not looking for a job
But I work a day for food
Just a day and I'll be gone
I've got nothing left to lose

[CAMEL, spoken]
You didn't jump just any old train, son
This here's the Benzini Brothers' Most Spectacular Show on Earth
Welcome to the circus!

[JACOB] (CAMEL)
This train is bound for everywhere
(Alright folks, on with the show)
Don't care much where we end up
(Get ready to haul out)
I'm free (
( A free pair of hand)
Of everything, behind me
(Our little circus, serendipity)
Don't stop to think or feel
(Next stop, Utica)
Focus on what is real
(I hear it's beautiful this time of year)
Unreal as it may seem to be
(With fields of suckers)
As fa

[ALL]r as the eye can see

[JACOB]
That patch of Earth, those people you loved
They're gone, move on

[Chorus]
Move on

[JACOB]
Rise up and above the ground
(Whole country's on the run)
(Anywhere, anywhere, anywhere)
You'll find what you found
(Anywhere, anywhere, anywhere)
I hear it's beautiful this time of year
(Anywhere, anywhere, anywhere)

[JACOB] (CHORUS)
Anywhere!
(This train is bound for anywhere)

[CAMEL] (CHORUS)
Gotta find another train
(This train is bound for anywhere)

[JACOB]
Anywhere!

[CAMEL] (CHORUS)
Gotta find another train
(This train is bound for anywhere)

[JACOB]
Anywhere!

[CAMEL] (CHORUS)
Gotta find another
(This train is bound for)

[JACOB]
Anywhere!

[CAMEL, spoken]
All right, Jacob, let's get you started
See that shovel? Get to it

[WADE]
If I had one wish in this god forsaken life

[WADE & CAMEL]
I'd wish to be back home
With my children and my wife
But my debts keep pilin' up
So my work ain't ever done
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young

[CAMEL]
I've been hanging by a thread
By a wish upon a star
That the road that I've been forced on
Doesn't go too far

[WADE]
Just far enough to get me
Past each day as it comes

[CAMEL & WADE]
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young
No you don't get any prettier
When you're toiling in the sun
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't makе you young

[CAMEL, spoken]
This'll be the fairway

[ENSEMBLE]
Step right up!
Comе on in!

Step right up! (Step right up, step right up)
Come on in!

Step right up!
Come on in!

[CAMEL, spoken]
You've been promoted. This is the menagerie

[JACOB]
I've been waiting
For the dust to settle
For the ringing in my ears to fade
So now I'm swimming
Down this river
Trying to keep a broken heart at bay
God willing, it'll heal someday

[BARBARA, VERA, & SUE]
I've been searching for the end of the day
Hoping to give my weary bones some rest

[JACOB]
It's not as easy as it sounds

[BARBARA, VERA, & SUE]
But the sun shown down
Heavy as a crown
Giving life, but feeling like death

[JACOB]
Keeping your head above the crowd

[WADE]
God willing, this ain't my last breath

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you young
Bite off what you can chew
'Fore they take it off of you
Ain't it so (Ain't it so)
The road don't make you--

[CAMEL, spoken]
Voila, the cooch tent

[BARBARA, spoken]
All right ladies, here's the new bit
Do what you can, Sue
A five, six, ready, set

[BARBARA, VERA, & SUE]
Ladies, look what just walked in
Who's that strappin' specimen?
Is it man or is it critter?
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Makes my heart go patter pitter
I wanna know everything about you
Genus, species, name
History unknown, not to be tamed
Ha, ha!
Genus, species, name
Genus, species, name

[WADE, spoken]
You, newbie, you said you could pull. It's your lucky day
Come on, furl the jib, you pickeroo, look alive!
Pull it, shake it, break it, again!
[sung]
There's only one road in this god forsaken life
It binds before it plummets
From a god forsaken night
But you're gonna have to walk it
So you might as well have fun
Spend the dollar in your pocket
While there's hollar in your lungs

[ALL]
See Benzini Brothers Circus
For a one-night only run
Ain't it so
The road don't make you young

Ain't it so
The road don't make you young
Ain't it so
The road don't make you young

Live a life worth living
When they say it can't be done
Ain't it so
The road don't make you-

Ain't it so
The road don't make you young
Ain't it so
The road don't make you young
Live a life worth living
When they say it can't be done
Ain't it so
The road don't make you-
God willing
The road don't make you-

[AUGUST]
Ladies and gentlemen!
Children of all ages
Sinners, saints, kiddies, and corpses
I give you
Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth!

Easy now
Easy now
Easy now
Easy now

Just calm down, easy
You're here with me, easy
I'm not leaving

Easy now

Be still now, easy
Silver star, easy
I'm not leaving

I know, I know, I know it hurts
But when you fuss it makes it worse
Don't think about the pain
And the pain goes away

Easy now

Just quiet down, easy
You're here with me, easy
And I'm not leaving

Take it easy, love, I know the pain you're feeling now
I see it
I feel it
Like you're caught under a wave
Stretching, grabbing every way
And you wait again anyway
Anyway

With you the tent becomes a field
Clear skies roll in hills
There's a winding river over there that wanders
Not made of steel, but made of water
And it flows so easy

Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy
Easy

Easy now

Just calm down, Easy
You're here with me, Easy
I'm not leaving

[AUGUST]
Jacob, my boy
Please don't look so annoyed
It's a trick
Here's a bucket if you need to be sick
You see nothing 'round here's
Ever quite what it appears
If it was then I wouldn't have a business

Jacob, you seem
Like a bright young lad
Yes it's true you've been duped
But you shouldn't feel bad
You're in good company
It's not easy to see
The illusions that make up the circus

You see, the people they come to the circus
To see miracles performed
To see heaven and hell on Earth
And so to that purpose
We give 'em angels and dеmons
And everything in between 'еm

Oh but we who are made
Of the same stuff as they
How can we give 'em what they came for?

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
And for the people who can pay more

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
You can say that it's amoral
But our pride's in our
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[ALL]
No nothing is quite what it seems
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
That the lion has got no teeth

[AUGUST, spoken]
It's all make believe, sonny
Just like we're gonna make believe
That you are a doctor of veterinary science

[AUGUST]
What they see, sense, and smell
It's impossible to tell
Between the bullshit and baloney

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
A fake to shake the phoney

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
The authentic testimony
[?]
To our lies
Lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[ALL]
No nothing is quite what it seems
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
That the lion has got no teeth

[JACOB]
It's not that I'm not impressed
By this lesson in deception
But the acts I like the best
Don't depend on misdirection
Where is the lie
When they're flying overhead?
When they're dancing on a thread?
When she's riding?
You can't live off lies

[AUGUST]
I think you would be surprised
I mean, have you seen our hippopotamus?

[Chorus]
The lion has got no teeth

[AUGUST]
All the rubes think that she's marvelous

[Chorus]
The lion has got no teeth

[AUGUST]
Been a month now since she died
Swimming in a tank of formaldehyde
Have you seen our Siamese twins?

[Chorus]
The lion has got no teeth

[AUGUST]
Mary-Lou and Mary-Lynn

[Chorus]
The lion has got no teeth

[AUGUST]
Would the rubes be so elated
If they knew they're not related?
Oh no, you gotta give 'em

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
And have you met our great ringmaster?

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
Quite as threatening as he's dapper

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
Holds the ring inside his palm
Wields the whip to drive it on
Even he is not absolved
Of the carnival's cardinal fraud

At the end of the day
When the crowds have gone away
I'm just one among the many fighting
To feed my growing family

Oh but we who are made
Of the same stuff as they

How do we keep 'em on the payroll?

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
How do we put food on the table?

[Chorus]
Lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
Nothing sweetens the taste of that meat
Like a chaser of

[ALL]
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
They say that it's amoral
But our pride's in our

[ALL]
Lies, lies, lies, lies

[AUGUST]
Our lies
Yes, our lies
Oh oh, our lies

[AUGUST]
Yes our lies are our pride
And our prides in our lies
And the lions in our pride
Have got no teeth!

[CAMEL]
If you've got somewhere to go back to
Maybe it's hard
Maybe it's bleak
Words were said
Maybe your daddy smacked you
If you got somewhere
Go back and patch the leak

If you got people thinking of you
Maybe they're wrong
Maybe you're right
Even if you think that they don't love
At least it's somewhere to fall asleep at night

'Cause this place ain't even a place
This place ain't no kinda home
It's just a way to get from nowhere to nowhere else
If you've got somewhere to go back to
You should go

[JACOB]
If you'd asked a week ago
I would have said yes
Somewhere to go back to
A home that was blessed
With light
The future looked bright

How fast it all can change
The blink of an eye
Your future can disappear
And people can die

[CAMEL]
Hey, who we talkin' 'bout son?

[JACOB, spoken]
My folks. Car crash. Police said it was instant
[sung]
I don't have somewhere to go back to
My folks, they're gone
The house
The one that I grew up in
Belongs to the bank now
So I moved on

[ENSEMBLE]
This place
This place
This place
This place

[JACOB]
This place is always in motion
This place is so alive
If it's a choice between nothing and nowhere
I choose the nowhere on wheels
I choose the ride

[JACOB] (ENSEMBLE)
(This place)
This place is always in motion
(This place)
This place is so alive
(This place)

[JACOB]
If it's a choice between this place and anywhere
I choose the nowhere on wheels
I choose the rattle of steel
I choose the circus
I choose

[ALL]
The ride

Ode to an animal, gray and graceful
Wide and attractable, proud and regal
But when a smile breaks across her face
She's suddenly affable as a daisy

And her eyes
Her beautiful amber eyes
Are telling us something wide
Across the divide
Between us

How is it-
How are you-
How could it happen, something so absolutely stunning?
Appears from nothing
How do you do move?
Could what moves me move you too?
Could I learn to move with you?

And her eyes
Hеr glorious amber eyes
Arе telling us something wise
Across the divide between us

And her eyes
Her beautiful amber eyes

[?]

And telling me what's inside

They shine like [?] stars
In the dusty night sky

[MARLENA]
I shouldn't be surprised
I know what life can do
I wish it didn't do it
To you

I shouldn't be surprised

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
I shouldn't be surprised

[MARLENA]
I've seen it all before

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
I've seen it all before

[MARLENA & MR. JANKOWSKI]
I know I should have done much more

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
For cruelty
Where there should be kindness
Can only be
A kind of blindness

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
But I can see it all

[MARLENA]
I can see it all

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
The pain that's in your eyes

[MARLENA]
The pain that's in your eyes

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
I wish that I could be
Surprised

[JACOB]
Is this what it feels like to finally feel right?
There's some hope in the wind, it blows my way again
It's kind but it's confusing
To wanna hold something worth losing

To wanna hold it again knowing that it will end
Knowing the dark of the night's what makes the stars so bright
They seem steady and unmoving
But I know they're spinning away towards the day
And I hear them sing

La da da da da da
La da da da da da da da

But who am I to say out loud
That I feel this way
Keep it quiet inside, it'll fade away
Like everything else in this life, this life
Just keep your lips tight

So when you see the stars in her eyes
Treat 'em like a big surprise
Even though in your mind
You've got 'em all memorized

They can steal your house
They can steal your land
You can beg and plead
They'll still leave you for dead
But you know you're alive
Cause she stole your breath
And you wish she would do it
Again and again and again

Silver stars in the sky
Silver stars in the sky
Silver stars in the sky
They can't steal them
As hard as they try

[AUGUST]
You wanna see something
To set your spine tingling
Something that blows Ringling
Out of the ring

You wanna feel something
You know is real, something
Beyond the paler things
You always feel

You've always felt something
Was out there just waiting
To be revealed, something
That makes it all worthwhile

Here in Benzini's ring
Is where you'll find the thing
That makes you shout

[ENSEMBLE]
Ah!

[AUGUST]
That makes you stand

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh!

[AUGUST]
That makes you laugh

[ENSEMBLE]
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

[AUGUST]
That makes you smile

We got acrobats
You'll have to hold your hats
While they perform the trapeze
Into thе air they'll sail
At such a speed that they'll
Produce a palpablе breeze

[ENSEMBLE]
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Ahhhhhhhh!

[AUGUST]
Juggling juggernauts
Tumbling titans, cross
Tossing all caution aside
Nearly colliding
As fluid and frightening
As lightning
Igniting the sky

[ENSEMBLE]
What's next?
What's next?
You wanna feel alive?
You wanna be inspired?
You wanna be perspiring
After ever act?
You want your heart to race?
You want to clutch your face?
Out of the sheer amazement
Of your en'tracte

[AUGUST]
Ladies and gentlemen
Now entering the ring
Two splendid renderings of grace
One beautiful, one bestial
One strong, one celestial
Complete in each other's embrace

You've never seen anything
Ever so evident
Of being heaven sent
As these!

Marlena and Rosie!

[elephant trumpets]

[AUGUST]
Benzini's back in business!

[ENSEMBLE]
Ode to an elephant
Proud and regal
Ode to an elephant

Coming around the bend
Before our show can end
It's something better than the rest!

[elephant trumpets]

[AUGUST]
There
There it is
There's the look that launched a thousand thoughts the first time that I saw it

You remember, Marlena, when you met me
You were running from your life
And I was running out of money
You had nothing
I had nothing
But when you looked at me
You looked at me
Like I was everything that you'd ever need
And so it's strange to see
That look again
But not for me

Forgive me
I've been blathering on
You asked me a question, Jacob
You wanted to know what I thought of your
Thoughtful suggеstion
I think that a gift is a gift
And you're free to reject onе
But here's a suggestion
Don't deign to spit in a man's face and then
Call it communion
Remember, you'd have nothing
You've got nothing without me

[AUGUST, spoken]
I mean, whatever happened, ya think?

[MARLENA, spoken]
Don't, Auggie. All Jacob meant was--

[AUGUST, spoken]
Oh good
[sung]
Here's the translator
Equally eloquent at speaking adulterer
As she is elephant
My darling, which language comes easier?
I have my theories

[MARLENA, spoken]
Auggie, that's enough!

[AUGUST]
Put a ring on a finger
And what do you get?
You get happily married
And a little in debt
And then after a decade of marital bliss
You find out it don't amount
To a thimble of piss
Turns out
You've got nothing
You meant nothing
To her
[MARLENA, spoken]
August, calm down and listen to me!

[AUGUST]
You think it's easy?
Think what I do for you is easy?
Dealing with the rubes
And the bookers
The broken-down kinkers
All of them trying to cheat me
At least we could trust each other
At least I could trust my wife!

[MARLENA, spoken]
Talk to me! Don't accuse me!

[AUGUST]
Oh! Accuse you!
You all but admitted it
The minute I walked in
The two of you scurried
Like rats from a gutter
You think I can't spot a little spat
Between lovers?
And suddenly
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
To say
[JACOB]
I'm not gonna stand here and let him go on like this

[MARLENA]
Don't get involved, Jacob, please

[MARLENA & AUGUST]
Don't get involved

[AUGUST]
That's rich
Coming from the bitch who can't stop herself getting involved
But it's still great advice
Or to be more precise
Don't go screwing another man's wife--

[MARLENA, spoken]
Stop! That is enough!


You've Got Nothing, Part 2

[AUGUST, spoken]
Wade, we're picking up stakes and moving out

[WADE, spoken]
You're gonna cancel a sold-out show?

[AUGUST]
I'm not taking votes, Wade
This is dictation
Get it?
I want Jacob off of my train
Before the next station
Red-light him!

[CAMEL, spoken]
The hell you will!

[AUGUST]
Careful taking a stand, Camel
You're better off sitting
Yeah I've seen you eating our food
Without lifting a finger
Drinking us dry
Like your bottle of liquor
You and the vet
And the rest of you takers
Seem to forget what you best to remember
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
Without me!

[CAMEL]
Well I'll be good god damned
It never ceases to inspire
The things that people will accept
Out of the mouth of a proven liar

[spoken]
On one hand, you got Jacob, works hard with his head down
Tends to the unwell. Cleans up Rosie. Turns this shit show around

[WALTER]
Amen, brother!
On the other hand, you got the boss man, with the big plans to pack the stands
Or as you recall, he nearly ran
This whole tin can operation to the ground

[AUGUST, spoken]
You're done Walter!

[CAMEL]
You should be thanking Jacob
But I guess all the thanks we can expect
Is paranoia, slander, and the specter of death
Well August speaks the truth
In one respect
[spoken]
We got nothing, all right
And that's just how he likes it

[AUGUST]
You think you've got nothing?
Just wait
Unless someone's got something else
They'd like to say
I think we've had our share of grievances aired
For one day

[spoken]
Everybody out
Not you. You stay

[WADE, spoken]
I'm not killin' anybody boss

[AUGUST, spoken]
Because they're your friends?
You don't get friends, Wade
[sung]
You get hungry, Wade
You get tired and sick
For the bottle that you can't afford
'Cuz you're too broken to hold down a job
Hell you're too mean for the army, Wade, remember?
Until I come along
You remember?
And things get a little bit better
And you get a roof overhead
And a soft little bed
And all I require
Is that you do what I said
That's your only real value
Without that, what are you?
Well Wade, I'll tell you
You are nothing
Say it

[WADE] (AUGUST)
I am nothing without you
(You are nothing without me)

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Don't do it, Wade, you're better than this

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Look at me. The train's goin' too fast!

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!

[WADE]
I am nothing!

[WALTER, spoken]
Queenie!

[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!

[TRAIN WHISTLE SCREAMS]

[AUGUST, spoken]
Wade, we're picking up stakes and moving out

[WADE, spoken]
You're gonna cancel a sold-out show?

[AUGUST]
I'm not taking votes, Wade
This is dictation
Get it?
I want Jacob off of my train
Before the next station
Red-light him!

[CAMEL, spoken]
The hell you will!

[AUGUST]
Careful taking a stand, Camel
You're better off sitting
Yeah I've seen you eating our food
Without lifting a finger
Drinking us dry
Like your bottle of liquor
You and the vet
And the rest of you takers
Seem to forget what you best to remember
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
You've got nothing
Without me!

[CAMEL]
Well I'll be good god damned
It never ceases to inspire
The things that people will accept
Out of the mouth of a proven liar

[spoken]
On one hand, you got Jacob, works hard with his head down
Tends to the unwell. Cleans up Rosie. Turns this shit show around

[WALTER]
Amen, brother!
On the other hand, you got the boss man, with the big plans to pack the stands
Or as you recall, he nearly ran
This whole tin can operation to the ground

[AUGUST, spoken]
You're done Walter!

[CAMEL]
You should be thanking Jacob
But I guess all the thanks we can expect
Is paranoia, slander, and the specter of death
Well August speaks the truth
In one respect
[spoken]
We got nothing, all right
And that's just how he likes it

[AUGUST]
You think you've got nothing?
Just wait
Unless someone's got something else
They'd like to say
I think we've had our share of grievances aired
For one day

[spoken]
Everybody out
Not you. You stay

[WADE, spoken]
I'm not killin' anybody boss

[AUGUST, spoken]
Because they're your friends?
You don't get friends, Wade
[sung]
You get hungry, Wade
You get tired and sick
For the bottle that you can't afford
'Cuz you're too broken to hold down a job
Hell you're too mean for the army, Wade, remember?
Until I come along
You remember?
And things get a little bit better
And you get a roof overhead
And a soft little bed
And all I require
Is that you do what I said
That's your only real value
Without that, what are you?
Well Wade, I'll tell you
You are nothing
Say it

[WADE] (AUGUST)
I am nothing without you
(You are nothing without me)

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Don't do it, Wade, you're better than this

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Look at me. The train's goin' too fast!

[WADE]
I am nothing

[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!

[WADE]
I am nothing!

[WALTER, spoken]
Queenie!

[CAMEL, spoken]
Wade!

[TRAIN WHISTLE SCREAMS]

[MARLENA]
All those years ago
What was I following?
I was following my heart
All I ever wanted to be
Was to be wild and free
To leave behind
My old life

So what do you do
When the choices that you own
The people you choose
Treat you worse than you knew
You would ever let them treat you

Who do you blame?
And who do you trust?
Can they be the same?

Now here I am and it's just me
Finally
Silence to think
But when I close my eyes
Can I still trust my dreams?
Do I follow what I'm feeling?
Or could this just bе life repeating?

So what do you do
Whеn the lessons that you learn
Are taught by you
And you weren't even listening
To your heart as it was beating
Screaming, pointing in the direction
That you wouldn't dare to look in

What do you want?
And what do you need?
Can they be the same wide open
Wild, free feeling
I feel all over when I'm riding
I know that feeling
I trust that feeling
Free and wandering but still at home

[MARLENA]
When was the last time you were silent?
I don't mean quiet
I mean you could hear yourself inside

[JACOB, spoken]
I don't know

[MARLENA, spoken]
You should try

(sung)
'Cause when I listen
After all that time
When I listen to me
I feel wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
Wild and free
When I left home for the road
I held my life in my hand
But then I slowly lost grip
And now I'm taking it back again
To say what I feel
And to feel what I say
They have to be the same

[JACOB]
I believe that there's something
Maybe somewhere
A way to be
Maybe it's a person, not a place
[MARLENA]
Say what you mean

[JACOB]
When I first saw you
When I saw you
I felt wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
When I lost all I had known
My grief led me down the road
To drown the sound of my pain
In that whistling train
Give myself to the unknown
I could have ended it then
I chose anywhere instead
And then it led me to you
Oh, the world was new
I fell in love
It was easy and clear
But I could never say
If you felt the same

[MARLENA & JACOB]
Oh, just when I think I know the feeling
Feeling, you surprises me
It rises up and holds me gently
Mm, it's that look in your eye that moves me
It draws me in to see what you're seeing
I see you seeing me
In this moment
And you're thinking like me
It can't be just this moment
There's a flicker, a flame
It's asking what comes after
[JACOB]
When I'm with you

[MARLENA]
When I'm with you
You make me feel

[MARLENA & JACOB]
Wild

[MARLENA]
I feel wild

[JACOB]
Feel wild

[MARLENA & JACOB]
I see us being wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
Wild and free

[ENSEMBLE]
Hurry, hurry, hurry
Hurry, hurry, hurry

[JACOB]
When I see you
You are as firm as winter soil
But warm
You are real
You are the world that greeted me
When I was born

You built our home
And all that I owe this life
Was built into its frame
(hurry, hurry)
Up from below
But to the dust return before my debt was paid

And how are you gone?
Didn't the world turn on the armor
Of our home
Weren't you holding up the sky
With limbs of stone
How are you gone?

When I left you
I was a penny tossed onto an iron rail
There wasn't anywhere
But a busted casket
And a bed of nails

And how are you gone?

Didn't the world turn on the axel of our home
Didn't your laughter stoke the fire that kept us moving on?
How are you gone?
Was it as simple as a jealous man?
Was it as facile as the raising of his hand?
Was it so easy?
To utter a command
And lose the toothless lion
On the noble lamb

Why didn't the Earth embrace them where they fell?
Why didn't the store ring out their final dying yell?
Why didn't the whole of nature come collapsing down?
To bury that god damn bastard in the deepest hell
And what do you do
When the people that you love
Are torn from you
And there's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can do

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
No it's not as easy as it sounds

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
There is a lion in your house

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
If you can't get in the door, then bar the windows
Burn it down and listen to the roar

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
Now there's no home to go back to

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
While she's waiting there for you

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh ho!

[JACOB]
With a knife in your hand

[ENSEMBLE]
There's nothing you won't do
There's nothing you won't do
There's nothing you can do

[JACOB]
That she won't understand

[ENSEMBLE]
There's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can do

[ENSEMBLE]
This place is always in motion
This place is always alive
This place is always in motion
This place is always alive

[MR. JANKOWSKI, spoken]
Hey Marlena, look who's running away with the circus

[JACOB]
If it's a choice between this place and anywhere else

[MR. JANKOWSKI]
I choose the nowhere on wheels
I choose the rattle of steel
[spoken]
I choose the circus

[ALL]
I choose the ride