I have a job with the circus
We travel through most of the South
I am the fire eater people pay
To see me shoot flames out of my mouth
Sometimes my fire will scorch'em
Sometimes it brings tears to their eyes
To see me a raging inferno
To know that I'm burning in side
But I wake up every morning
And I get through every day
And when I go to bed at night
I hope the sun burns me awake
I was in love with a woman
She did the bareback routine
My fire burned her too often
So she married a clown who was mean
I always thought she deserved it
For leaving me burning alone
'Cause how often have we both heard it
Clowns aren't funny at home
But I wake up every morning
And I get through every day
And when I go to bed at night
I hope the sun burns me awake
I could have been the man on the flying trapeeze
I could have been the ring master once
But that fire kept burning in me
Flames burning hotter and higher
Let it rage 'til the day I grow old
Let it burn til the day I retire
I'll keep matches for when I get cold
And I'll sit with my body a heater
And talk to whoever is there
About how I was a human fire eater
How people would pay just to stare
And I'll wake up every morning
And I'll get through every day
And when I go to bed at night
I'll hope the sun burns me awake
I'll hope the sun burns me awake
I'll hope the sun burns me awake