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Life is a Circus
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Here we have a double first. It’s the first “Single” by our fictional girl band the chiX… and it’s the first song by us at Storynory.
In the story (Gladys and the Eurovision Song Contest) this song is written by Gladys, the chiX younger sister, and sung by Laura with backing vocals by Mandy and Sam.
Save the song on your iPod – send it to all your friends !
Real life credits:
Music (and musical direction): Gabriella Brunel
Lead Vocals (and creative input): Eiriona Jackson
Backing vocals: Natasha and Gabriella
Band: Andre, Eric and David
Engineer: Joe Davison
Lyrics: Bertie
You taught me to fly and to swoop to your arms;
And though I soared high I came to no harm;
You sawed me in half and you pulled me apart
And though I really laughed, you had broken my heart,
You stood me quite still and you threw straight your knives
And though you didn’t kill, you used eight of my lives,
You rattled my cage and you cracked your whip
And though I really raged, I only bit my lip.
Chorus x 2
Our dream is
A circus
Run away
Live for the day
Our life’s
A circus
Ups and downs
round and round
You set up a hoop, and I jumped through the fire,
And though you were cool, you lit up my desire
You stretched a high wire, and you made me walk the walk,
And though said you were a flyer, It was only ticks and talk.
Chorus x 2
Our dream is
A circus
Run away
Live for the day
Our life is
A circus
Ups and downs
round and round
Bridge—
We made a pact
We’re a double act
A high wire flier
with a belly full of fire
A big attraction
with plenty of action
A spectacular show
With no net below
[Guitar Solo]
Our dream
is a a circus
Run away,
live for the day
Our life,
is a circus
ups and downs
round and round
Our dream
is a a circus
Run away,
live for the day
Our life,
is a circus
ups and downs
round and round
Our way is a circus
Thrills and spills,
looks that kill
Our love
is a circus
yes we fight, but it’s right on the night
Our way is a circus
Thrills and spills,
looks that kill
Our love a is
A circus
yes we fight
But it’s alright on the night
Copyright: Storynory.com (Blog Relations Ltd) 2009 – but please feel free to spread the mp3 of the song around the internet and to all your friends so long as all rights to the music, lyrics and story remain with us at Storynory !
Gladys has three sisters who are in a girl band called the chiX. But Gladys isn't in the band because she's too young, and she's "too Geeky". But it's Gladys who is the brains behind the band.
soooooooooooo coollllllllllll .I
loved it
ilove this song it was great
i listen to life in the circus and don’t be scared of halloween all the time both of them are mine I LOVE THEM SOOO MUCH
this song is my song now it is amazing Loved it. it is really wonderful :)
GREAT song!!!!!!
Brettonio says I like the song
awesum song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful!!!!
pleas macke more songs and how do you downlode a story to a mp3 anser!
Dear Kara, I’m glad you like this song !
Love it!
R.S.V.P
THIS SONG IT IS VERY GREAT!!!!!!
THAT IS A GREAT SONG EVERY TIME I GET ON THE COMPUTER I GO TO THIS SONG I SING IT EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT I LOVE THIS SONG IT IS SO WONDERFUL ME AND MY FRIENDS LIKES
i love this wong
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!! IT WAS GREAT
Hello
That is great boy and girls should all sing and I hope these original stories encourage you to practice
Bye Bye
N *
who says a boy can`t hear a girl song?????????????
ps I listened to it tons of times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE THIS SONG
I love that song!:)
wow fantastic i was enthusiastic very much and i liked the lyrics even
ANWESOME!!!!!!
I AM GONNA PT THIS SONG ON MY NEXT HIT CD
im doin awesom
i like it it is really catchy
THIS SONG IS SO COOL I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I WISH THERE WERE MORE LIKE THIS!!!
luvv it
THIS SONG IS COOL I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a great song!!!!!!
I loved this song it was good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE SONG IS COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
umm please reply hi hows u doin
Hahah Anya your soooo funny…. keep typing
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
hey waz upppppppppppp!
hiiiiiiiiiiiii taylor
look liz dont talk about my son that way got it
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life is a cicus is ennoying
This song is cool and Braydon who? I really need to know please………………. And this is not my real name
this song is cool and braydon who? i really need to know please
I love this
it is annoying
o ya thats wat she said hahahahaha
i luv this but it is annoying i lisen to it all of the time
cool
fea orible
i luv this meusic
who ever is reading this i think this song is annoying
i love this song its so annoying though
i love this it needs a little pump instead of repeating things make things up
i luv this
I love this bu like Miley Cyrus says it needs a little pump.
i like it
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii lllllllllllllloooooooooooovvvvvvveeeee iiiitttttt!
Play more songs
Play more songs
i hate it its not pump enough
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE THIS MUSIC
I LOVE THIS GRIL
Dear Natasha, Gabriella wrote the music, and I wrote the lyrics. Gabriella is an up and coming musician and comedian. She has her own band, and played last night at Ronnie Scotts which is a famous jazz club in London.
I really love this song. Who really sang it?? And who wrote it??
Oh by the way Bertie, I love the Swan Song too! I hear all the time!
Whoever sang it has an amazing voice!!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isobel, it’s so great that you know this song off by heart ! I’m really glad that you like it so much. It is rather catchy…
I know this song of by heart and I listen to it every night before I listen to other stories!!
A grait song!
this is so kool i love it koolkoolkool!
cool beans yo. coool asss beanssss
i dont like circuses they scar me
It’s an amazing song,Really I like it
Mia, currently I like the Swan Song…
Berdie, what is your faverite song on Story Nory? Please write back. Mia
why did you do a is circus?
you made a mistake you put a a circus
we love the rock of this song.
we will like that you put more songs like this ones.
In Storynory.
Dear SnakySniper 75 have you heard our Swan Lake Song yet?
If you make more songs that would be awsome
write back please.
its sweetly awsome
this is the best song in the world its like legit
no it was not a such a good song but it was ok
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!! Who sing’s it?
coolio
cool
i love the song.wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
Dear Your Mum, there will be two new songs this christmas, and we will get round to the romance in this story, when Basil finally twigs his role.
i would love you to make more songs write back if there is somthing you need to say
write back make it more romance please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi i liked it
you should make more songs so it will be more awesome
i love it next time make another song and a better one but i still llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it
awesome its a song
wow
You ROCKED
I love Your song do more please
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I loved it
dude this song is like totally radical
U shiuld create a site called songynongy.com!
I luv luv luv luv luv this song!!!!!!! Plz post more songs!!!!! This site can be Storynory and Songynory! ;D
I love it is’ds the beesst
This song is sooooo cool! I’m going to show all my friends!
I like it. Do You have any more songs?
hi are u singer?
The word for this song is so lively and so much rhythm. Thanks.
i love this story munch it is one of my favorites
Wow! I shall use this song for my birthday.
Would you compose some love song, please?.
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well,not the kissy prissy kind,but you get the idea.
Answer soon!
-Phoebe?
life is a circus is a super song!
song
Good luck with the band and let us know how you get on.
Cool! Thanks!
Angie, I have replied on another post – I can’t remember which one. Yes, so long as the band is playing to your school, your friends, go ahead. If you hit the big time – then we can strike a deal ! If you do post anything on the net, a link back to Storynory’s chix would be great.
Hey Bertie. I know I asked before but my friends and I want to start a band and can we please use the lyrics? We’ve already got a different tune and everything! Please?
I liked the bridge and verses but the chorus was kinna weird maybe just the way it was sang but it was pretty good.
p.s. I’m a musician and I sing so this was super kewl
I liked the music & the voice and its true that our life is a circus. more music pleese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this song was so awesome I hope you have more copies of the wonderful chiX.I am also wanting to know what happens to them.PLEASE WRITE BACK BERTIE
MORE SONGS STORIES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love The Gladys Story’s So Much. I Love This Song Most Out Of All The Series!
I Love The Gladys Story’s So Much, I Wanna Listen To Them All Over Again! Natasha, I LOVE Them!
I like this song alot!!
I love this song
it’s ok
that was the greatest song i ever heard natasha!
LOL I CANT BELEVE IT I LOVED THAT STORY LOL LOL LOL
that story was awsome please tell another beacause i loved i love love love love love loved it LOL bertie wen can we here another
hi im 10 i just discovered this website thank you i have been searching the website for audio books then i found you thanks now i can get to sleep!.
Dear Starstruck, we have plans for more songs ,but not necessarily Eurovision ones.
Hey,could you make more Eruovision songs? :)
Love, Starstruck
Ps , please reply!
Hi, I was wondering if you are going to hold any writing contests soon? Because I love to write and i didnt know about this till 2008 past the other contest? Will you tell me Bertie?
Thanks,
Sabrinia
I really like the music and the band is very very nice in the background. The music has energy, and excitement. Thank you :-)
Hi Sarah there really is a Eurovision contest every year, but the particular event in our story is made up of course.
Bertie, is the eurovision contest a real contest or just a made up one?
Adrian there will be one more. Hope you caught the eurovision chapter.
IS THERE MORE CHIX and do you have Harry potter books? answer Bertie from Adrian <3
Hi Lauren, this is the latest chiX story that we have: http://storynory.com/2009/10/17/gladys-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
Beartie can you reply to my comment that says “um, beartie is there a diffrent story?”I ment of the chiX series.
Lauren
Dear clair. Thank you for your comments. I’m glad you like Storynory. All the times on the Site are London (GMT). We have a few more songs on Rockford – http://storynory.com/category/rockfords-rock-opera/ It’s a story by our friends – not actually ours. Our version of the Nutcracker has some nice music http://storynory.com/2008/12/15/a-christmas-nutcracker/ and we are planning more songs for next year.
I love it!
This one is the first song I had in Storynory.
Can you recommand me some songs, Bertie?
Hi Katie Well done for listening to all the story so far. We’ll have one more sometime to sum it all up. It’s been fun reading your comments as you got through the series !
Love the song!
Really I only like the Guitar solo but I like the singing too!
I loved the guitar solo
and the singing i loved the beat to .
I dont like it sorry
Try to not repeat the same words uvwis it will be brillnt.
I love the beat in the song and the singing.
I wish i could sing like you
good bye see you soon
I like the guitar solo
I loved the music and the singing
I could picture it in my mind
I love your sister, petaldrop***
:P
lol me lllllllllllllooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeee this song!!!!! awesome job. i sang this song to my sister untill she waslike STOPPPPPP!!!!! PS. good job!!!
love petaldrop.****
Bertie, if you made more songs you could make an album!!!!!!!!!
Too bad the chiX didn’t come in first.
Dear Phoebe I hope you’ve seen the latest Gladys story
http://storynory.com/2009/10/17/gladys-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
And the final one will be in a couple of week’s time. Also check out all the past stories for the new pictures.
******Answer me Bertie!!!!*******
when, When, when is the next Gladys story comming up??????When, when, whenis it???????
^^Royal fan,
Phoebe^^
Dear Jojo and family. I’m really glad you like the song and the stories, and well done to your Dad for putting them on his iPod for the trip home from school.
Hello from America. We enjoy listening to this song; it sounds great! When we are on the way home from school, our dad sometimes tells us he got a new story on his ipod. One of the first questions we ask is if it’s a Storynory story. We love to listen to your stories. Natasha is such a good storyteller and makes the stories fun to listen to and more believable. Thanks, Storynory!
And now, from me, Jojo,
Bye Byyyyyye!
I loved it so much.
you guys sing very well.
I loved it
yes i did like it
Dear Ben,
I’m really glad you like the song. As for tips, I think it’s good to write some ideas and some words that rhyme before you start.
thanks a lot and i am really glad there are more songs and gladys stories coming up! i am a number 1 fan and this is totally cool!
P.S.
got any tips for me as i am planning to write songs but want to make them good. any tips would do!
thank you and i lovvveee storynory!!!!
Thanks Emma !
it was is great I love it you are the best
From Emm@
Dear Eve, there will be one more Gladys story soon, and then that’s probably the last for a while.
Dear Michelle you will see the chiX in pics very soon, but I’m not quite sure when the new Gladys will be yet.
Puh-lease reply to that!
Bertie,
I would LOVE seeing the chiX, even in pictures! I can’t wait for the new Gladys story and thank you so, so much for starting the new Gladys story. I will listen to them again and again, even when there’s no more NEW gladys.
By the way, when is the new gladys story?
-Michelle^^
when is the next gladys and the chiX coming or is there no more
I really liked your song and please if you can,make a new one .
this is a pretty good song :)
GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111
cool
Hey,
I really kinda liked the song, but i think that some girls should have sung the song… it would have been nicer.
I loved it.It was sssssssssooooooooooo cool.I have also sene gladys and the eurouison song contest.
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Dear Knight we posted the song last week at the same time as the Eurovision story
when was this song posted?
Dear AliOJ Thanks ever so much for your comment about Gladys. We are very fond of Gladys too so we are really pleased that you like her and her music so much.
Bertie, you are a very good at writing, but not better then me.
no-one is better then me, you see,I am a chapion at writing.
Yes! Yes! Thanks Birtie so so much!!
thank you Natasha. I loved the song. Mmmmm I want more songs. Are there more songs ?
this is awesome. they had it on youtube
The song is really neat… and it’s true, life IS a circus! It does sound like it could ALMOST win a contest! How do you think up such cool stories & songs? I was reading the comments, & I am so glad there is going to be another Gladys story. Please make other series like it…I absolutely LOVE Gladys! I even wear glasses like her! And she is SO smart! (Sorry if I’m overdoing capitalized words & exclamation marks.)
Hi Lilie, Natasha was on backing vocals this time. Her friend Eiriona sang the lead vocals.
Uh..
Did Natasha sing herself?
If yes, Natasha should go to join sing tournment! like.. hannah montana, demi lovota, etc…!
GO it! :]
this is a awsome song i love it
Hi Michelle- We are planning one more Gladys story. I’m glad you like her ! And the news is that we’ve commissioned some special pictures of Gladys and the chiX.
Bertie, is this the last episode of Gladys????
Please, please, PUH-LEASE reply!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!I Love this song!
I just don’t know how Gladys writes theese amazing songs! It’s
so, well,cool how she writes such
amazing songs.
>vo<
wow. that was amazing. Natasha makes a great backup singer…keep up the good work Bertie and Natasha…. has Natasha ever met princess Beatrice? she should… they’d love each other!
i just read my 1st comments above. .and honestly I’m a bit confused for what did I written. .hehe there are lot of missing words that makes it incomplete. .but Im glad that Bertie understand this. .Thank you so much. .more power!!
Dear Ginger and Daddy
We would like Gladys and the chiX to be on the radio – and actually some small radio stations do play our stories so you never know. But for us the internet IS the new radio.
Really glad you like it !
Dear Glenallen…. Many thanks for letting us know about your school. And yes, there will be more music. Good luck to you all !
Bertie and Gladys,
This song is great!. My daddy says its got a hook and we dance to it. We listen to a kids show in our car called Kids Place Live and this is way better than the song on that channel. Can you get this song on the radio PLEASE.
Ginger age 4
We are a group of teenagers at a school in Australia, for physical/health impaired students.
We absolutely love all the stories and we think the song is great too.
Many thanks from all of us and we look forward to some more songs.
that is the best song ever! i listen to it 10 times a day
Dear Red Aju, Thank you for the idea. I don’t think we can read the 1000 page book about the Aztecs, but it would be nice to do an Aztec legend if we can find one.
Thanks Zahra. I’ll let Eiriona know. Yes, she does have a great voice.
its a reeeeeeeeeeally nice song and please say thanks to the singer.her voice is really good
love,
jade
Hi Bertie and Jasmine, (suggestion for Jasmine) my mom is reading a book called Aztec. And it’s about ancient Mexico. She says it’s interesting but can’t read it. It has more than 1000 pages! OK, back to the story. It’s really coooool the song!!!!!!!! But I know it’s a lot of work.
I do love the circus! (giggle!)
Hello Jasmine,
Thank you for the suggestions. Ancient Egypt is in our plans for some stage, though probably not in the nearest future. Can you suggest any stories about or from Bahrain? The nearest I have ever been to there is Dubai.
IT was fun BUT! can you put a storynory about Bahrain to.And why cantyou also tell us about aiencient Egypt to.Im not saying your stories are bad
I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
HI Adrian, Glad you are a chiX fan !
Dear Sharanya, The next story is from Vietnam, it’s quite a gentle story I would say, but with a touch of adventure.
Um bertie is there a diffrent story?
I cant belive it I am one of th e first comments!!!
mooooooooooore chiX please BERTIE I <3 chiX THANKYOU!
Many thanks Charmz. I’m glad you like the song.
yeah. .im exited to know when will it be. .like the song. .it makes sang. .go Ms. Bertie. .its great!!
hey, bertie
what story are you putting up next i love adventurous fiction stories would you do it for me?
:( please
from sharanya :)
That was terrific, just when is the next bertie story coming?
i sang this song
Ashely , We’re already planning more songs… and with our limited resources permitting, we will bring you more music in future.
Bertie, I like this song. Can you make more songs?