Drive-By Truckers - The Flying Wallendas Lyrics
And they fell from the skies with the greatest of ease
And they landed on the ground under tents and trapeze
And they were told that they fell with such beauty and grace
That The Flying Wallendas would be the name on their case
That they flew through the air like the wings of a prayer
But they all walked away amidst the gawking and stares
And the children revisited their fall in nightmares
But they never would stop and they never surrendered
And they lived like they died, The Flying Wallendas
They could dance on the wire through the fire and the storm
John Ringling had seen Karl in Cuba perform
He raised up his kids for performance and stardom
They performed center ring at Madison Square Garden
Till they fell from the sky at Detroit's State Fair Coliseum
And 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
Till 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
I was stun and astounded that the old lady who was out
Pruning her orange trees had flown to the heavens and back
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Drive-By Truckers The Flying Wallendas Comments
Three didnt die in Detroit,it was two ,Richard Faughnan,and Dieter Schepp.Mario wallenda was paralyzed from waist down,Jana schepp had concussion, and Karl wallenda had a hernia and pelvis injury, and he went up on the wire next day and performed. Herman and Gunter wallenda escaped almost unscathed from the tradgedy.
Not everyone died in the seven person pyrimad two or three died and the rest were paralyzed, or something was damaged
Nik did it.
I was a small girl when my parents took me to the shrine circus in Detroit where the pyramid collapsed and members of your family fell to their deaths. I wanted to post this to thank your family for entertaining and inspiring people the world over. God Bless!
Love the song~ I'm appauled they are demanding Nik wear a teather for his Niagra walk-I've wirewalked with a teather-it is an impediment. Most sadly, it's a break in tradition. Good luck to Nik and God Bless the Flying Wallendas!