The Flying Wallendas

When they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease
They landed on the ground under tents and trapeze
They were told that they fell with such beauty and grace
That the Flying Wallendas would be the name on their case
And the fine folks of Akron forever be sayin'
They flew through the air like the wings of a prayer
And they all walked away amidst the gawking and stares
And the children revisited their fall in nightmares
They never would stop, they never surrendered
They lived like they died, the Flying Wallendas
They could dance on the wire through the fire and storm
John Ringling had seen karl in Cuba perform
And he raised up his kids for performance and stardom
They performed center ring at Madison Square Garden
With the Seven Man Pyramid, folks lined up just to see 'em
'Til they fell from the sky at Detroit State Fair Coliseum
When they fell to the ground with the greatest of ease
Three didn't get up from the blood in the breeze
But Karl wouldn't be stopped from his home in the skies
'Til he fell from the wire in San Juan and he died
In Sarasota as a child, my grandparents lived next door
To the surviving Wallendas and their amazing wild stories
Was stunned and astounded, the old lady who was out
Pruning her orange trees had flown to the heavens and back