The Flying Wallendas-Drive-By Truckers

[00:22.00]And they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease [00:26.99]And they landed on the ground under tents and trapeze [00:31.86]And they were told that they fell with such beauty and grace [00:37.16]That The Flying Wallendas would be the name on their case [00:42.52]And the fine folks of Akron would forever be saying [00:47.98]That they flew through the air like the wings of a prayer [00:52.31] [00:52.87]But they all walked away amidst the gawking and stares [00:57.98]And the children revisited their fall in nightmares [01:03.29]But they never would stop and they never surrendered [01:08.53]And they lived like they died, The Flying Wallendas [01:13.34] [01:34.29]They could dance on the wire through the fire and the storm [01:38.91] [01:39.53]John Ringling had seen Karl in Cuba perform [01:44.46]He raised up his kids for performance and stardom [01:49.78]They performed center ring at Madison Square Garden [01:55.24]With a seven man pyramid folks lined up just to see 'em [02:00.25]Till they fell from the sky at Detroit's State Fair Coliseum [02:05.99] [02:26.36]And they fell to the ground with the greatest of ease [02:31.50]Three didn't get up from the blood in the breeze [02:36.33]But Karl wouldn't be stopped from his home in the skies [02:41.46]Till he fell from the wire in San Juan and he died [02:47.25] [03:07.56]In Sarasota as a child my grandparents lived next door [03:12.84]To the surviving Wallendas and their amazing wild stories [03:18.08]I was stun and astounded that the old lady who was out [03:22.82] [03:23.38]Pruning her orange trees had flown to the heavens and back