But he's a death defying soul destroying act
And his father was a Polish acrobat
His mother was a Jewish refugee from across the sea
But he learned to swing from a rope at the age of three

He was a death defying soul destroying
Cool high flying mystery to me

But he hangs from a rope by his teeth high above the crowd
With a couple of spins pirouette look out below
One day he fell to the ground bounced around
Now he's stone dead out of work and underground

He was a death defying soul destroying
Cool high flying, he was a mystery to me
He was a mystery to me, he was a mystery to me
He was a mystery to me

Where he learned to fly high above
Where he learned to fly is a mystery
Where he learned to fly high above is a mystery to me

So where he learned to fly high above
Where he learned to fly is a mystery
Where he learned to fly high above that's a mystery to me

But he hangs from a rope by his teeth high above the crowd
With a couple of spins pirouette look out below
One day he fell to the ground bounced around
Now he's stone dead out of work and underground

He was a death defying soul destroying
Cool high flying, he was a mystery to me
He was a mystery to me, he was a mystery to me
He was a mystery to me

Where he learned to fly high above
Where he learned to fly is a mystery
Where he learned to fly high above is a mystery to me

So where he learned to fly high above
Where he learned to fly is a mystery
Where he learned to fly high above that's a mystery to me
High wire acrobat

written by Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Rupert Greenall, Charlie Barrett