Song Description

On enduring hard times and celebrating moments of joy. Uplifting, resolute and optimistic with guitar, mandolin, violin, bodhrán and vocal harmonies

Lyrics

Long after the last call, a thunderclap applause
And the lightning flashed, "You ain't goin' nowhere"
Bartender joined in then adding in a little mandolin
Every song drifted away in flowing water
We're not strangers anymore, like the night before
Just a band of minstrels run off with the circus

And the rain came down on the big top
Pounding like a thousand drummers drumming
And I don't know when it's gonna let up
But it's alright, I'm done with running

I wasn't gonna dance 'cause I was wound around with string
'Til the world pulled hard and sent me spinning
A human gyroscope pirouetting on a tension rope
A blur of limbs with my emotions spilling
Oh I was all but spent when the wind picked up again
Billowing the stripes along the canvas

And the rain came down on the big top
Pounding like a thousand drummers drumming
And I don't know when it's gonna let up
But it's alright, I'm done with running

Swinging on a trapeze
The world is upside-down
I wanna believe I'll make it through
The fall and the bounce

And the rain came down on the big top
Pounding like a thousand drummers drumming
And I don't know when it's ever gonna let up
But it's alright, I'm done with running

And the rain came down
On the big top