I saw a vision
Little boy
You covered up your own insights
But I may have held your hand
Or seen the ghost you tried to fight

Oh a vision
Little boy
You strayed down to find the clowns
Oh and when I wrote these lines for you
Not, not one of them was found

Blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
Cause when your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts go unreceived

Little boy
Man of need
Who could know that the road would fall
Not me not one of us
That surrounds your golden walls

So now blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
Cause all your greatest needs go unforgiven
All your gifts go unreceived

Who could know of the fall
Who could slow the speed
Who could hold your hand
We all laughed and thought you were so free

Vision boy
Man of need
Oh do the monkeys get you down
Oh they promise you the dance of life
Complete with laughters crown

Little boy
Man of need
Did you find the freak show and a crowd
I said cut the canvas on the tent
Oh we were all innocent

Blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
When your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts go unreceived
Oh your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts they go unreceived

Little boy
Man of need

• A Heart in New York
• American Tune
• Another on The Rise
• Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow
• Bartender's Blues
• Beauty to Disaster
• Blister in The Sun
• Blood Quantum
• Carolina in My Mind
• Carry Me Away
• Chiapas Bound
• Christmastime in Washington
• Clampdown
• Clues to You
• Cold as Ice
• Come Down in Time
• Cortez The Killer
• Country Road
• Cowgirl in The Sand
• Daddy's All Gone
• Dancing Shoes
• Danny's Song
• Devotion
• Don't Give up on Me Baby
• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
• Draw The Line
• Drift Away
• Everybody's Waiting
• Falling Star
• Father & Son
• Finlandia
• Fire & Rain
• Forgiveness
• Free Through Eternity
• Girls Talk
• Go Go Go
• Goodnight Irene
• Half Moon Cafe
• Heartache Central Time
• Her Town Too
• High Horse
• Holy City
• House at Pooh Corner
• I Don't Know Your Name
• I Don't Wanna Talk About It
• I Shall Be Released
• I'll Be There
• I'll Give You My Skin
• If You Live Like That
• It Won't Take Long
• It's Too Late
• Jacob's Ladder/this Train Revised
• Johnny Rottentale
• Junkie's Lament
• Just Passing Time
• Killing Time
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Leaving
• Letter to Eve
• Life's So Strange
• Lifeblood
• Lincoln Duncan
• Little Darling
• Long Ago & Far Away
• Losing Touch
• Love by You
• Love of The Common People
• Love The One You're With
• Make This House a Home
• Malachy's
• Measure of Me
• Melissa
• Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
• Never Stop
• No Way Out
• No Way to Treat a Friend
• Peace Song
• Philosophy of Loss
• Play It Again Sam
• Please Call Me, Baby
• Pretty Vision
• Problem Child
• Redemption Song
• Rock Me on The Water
• Rockin' in The Free World
• Running from The Cold
• Should Have Never Crossed Your Path
• Slow Moving Sea
• Southern Man
• Summer, Highland Falls
• Summertime
• Sweet Gypsy
• The Ballad of Squeaky Fromme
• The Distance Remains The Same
• The Hard Way
• The Mountain Top
• The Untitled Song
• The Water is Wide
• The Weakness in Me
• Thursday Afternoon
• Tuesday's Children
• Uncle John's Band
• Up in Smoke
• Up on The Roof
• Walking Through Fire
• White House Blues
• Wild Horses
• Wild Wild Party in The Loquat Tree
• Winthrop
• Wish You Were Here
• Wysteria