Locked Away - The Hotknives

I used to watch the circus come to town,

and queue up for the show.

I used to fool around and play the clown,

a long, long time ago.

Another suitcase with another story,

another letter in the hallway for me.

Another chance of never being there,

and then I met a girl with a curious stare

So I told you, and you told her,

how much I’d like to hold her.

And now I’m five years older

I wish I’d never told you,

I’d like to hold you,

but you keep me locked away,

locked away.

I never thought of her as being like

a consolation prize,

It took some history and lots of mistakes

to open up my eyes.

And now a different girl is cutting up 'Mars bars'

a season ticket is replacing fast cars.

The curtain’s up but the lights are down,

the curious stare has re-emerged as a frown.

So I told you, and you told her,

how much I’d like to hold her.

And now I’m five years older

I wish I’d never told you,

I’d like to hold you,

but you keep me locked away,

locked away.

A complication in the twilight zone,

the juggler fell down.

The staring girl is living on her own,

the other girl is happy living with her clown.

So I told you, and you told her,

how much I’d like to hold her.

And now I’m five years older,

I wish I’d never told you,

I’d like to hold you,

but you keep me locked away,

locked away.