Sure, they’re flattered now by imitation.
Sure, they redefined outside the lines.
Sure takes a while to get a reputation.
You should have seen ’em the first a thousand times.
Sure her’s doing backflips on the highwire.
Sure he’s on the trapeze almost flying.
Sure he’s up there leaping lines of fire.
You should have seen ’em the first a thousand times.
A thousand times, the magician broke his thread.
A thousand times, the poet made no sense.
A thousand times, a painter seeing red.
A thousand times, I am telling you,
a thousand times.
Sure, she dances, graceful as the sunsets.
Sure, she’s up there up against the moonshine.
A perfect pirouetting silhouette.
But you should have seen her the first a thousand times.