is everybody in is everybody in well once upon a time there was a happy ever after to this story but you won t hear one today the man is sweating bullets and his heart beats old a cold tattoo as the band begins to play so everybody stand everybody won t you give a big hand to the man on the burning tightrope he s always walked this tightrope between the devil and the deep blue sea a monkey on a wire but he s drunk his cup of sorrow he s thrown his curses at the moon manifestos on the fire so everybody stand everybody won t you give a big hand to the man on the burning tightrope come on people let s hear it put your hands together for the one the only the dying man on the burning tightrope hello george it only takes one clown to blow the whole parade he coulda been somebody he coulda been somebody else yes it could ve been much worse but now the show s over people there s really nothing more to see hope you got your money s worth so everybody stand everybody won t you give a big hand to the man on the burning tightrope ho is it just me or is it getting a little warm in here inch by inch mile by mile by day by day by year by year come on people come on put your hands together