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