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Album: Palomino (2022)
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  • Pretty Elaina
    My fair lady
    She walked the high wire back in the 80's
    Feathers and sequins
    She shined like a chandelier
    Hanging from the top tent rafters
    'Til the spotlight disappeared

    Harlan Giovanni
    What a sight to see
    The way he earned her trust was on a twenty foot trapeze
    She fell so hard because he always let her fly
    'Til he left her heart suspended
    In a cotton candy sky
    She still don't know why

    Every show must end
    Every circus leaves town
    You don't know the magic's gone
    Until the lights go down
    Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    And I hear she's doing well
    She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

    Pretty Elaina
    Made herself a nest
    Her sequins and her secrets
    Buried in her cedar chest
    No one around here knows about her other life
    Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife
    And maybe that's alright

    'Cause every show must end
    Every circus leaves town
    You don't know the magic's gone
    Until the lights go down
    Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    And I hear she's doing well
    She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

    Smith County Fair
    Mid September
    She walks the midway
    And smiles when she remembers

    Every show must end
    Every circus leaves town
    I didn't know the magic left
    'Til all the lights went down
    Now I'm back in Nacogdoches
    And I swear I'm doing well
    I only miss my Harlan when I hear the carousel
    I only miss my Harlan when I hear the carousel Writer/s: Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Nicole Hemby
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Dea from TennesseeDid you take note that it was always "She" when referring to Elaina, then the last verse refers to "I"? Curious if this wasn't a glimpse into her past and present life?
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