Roll tango lyrics

Father cried that hot summer day

Playing his accordion

Always making the crowds weep

Grandfather stumbles as he passes the hat around

Collecting the coins from each and every one

Enjoy the sound of a broken heart

When the arrow flies

"Splits" the apple of your eyes

Watch the strong man turn aside and flinch

Not knowing that outside the camp

Something wicked is on its way

Like a line of blood

In the palm reader's hand

No escape from a sideshow fate

No escape from a sideshow fate

There's no escape from a sideshow fate

Enjoy the taste of a broken rule

There's no escape from a sideshow life

Card tricks with passports

And the deck stacked against us

No one sees the mermaid crying in her tank

Behold the circus in the capitol

Perform their pickpocket spectacle

Sentenced to a tightrope life

We don't know the net's been sold

Under the spell of a gypsy's curse

Under the spell of a gypsy's curse

Under the spell of a gypsy's curse

Under the spell of a gypsy's curse

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Written by: Joey Burns, John Convertino, John Burns

• Artist:Calexico