
Date of issue: 30.11.2017
Record label: Reprise
Song language: English
Carnival |
In a smoky tent I approached his loudness |
Step by step up the long stairway |
And looked into the barrel at Evel Knievel’s greatgrandfather |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
He was flying by in a silver jacket |
He rode there in the barrel wall rocket |
Securely held by centrifugal forces |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Every time he touched the edge |
With the gas pipe gulp of the fumes in my lungs and melt my mind |
Exploding |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Flying through the air |
With the greatest of ease |
The daring young lady |
In the greatest show on earth |
The giant wheel turned in the sky |
Its colors splashed in my eyes |
The barkers calling to me on the midway |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
I held the picture in my eye |
From a photo booth near by |
With a girl so lovely |
I loved hear dearly at the time |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
She had the sugar in her eyes |
I was totally mesmerized |
As we walked together towards the big tower |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Flying through the air |
With the greatest of ease |
The daring young lady |
In the greatest show on earth |
Aside the girl of flaming red hair |
Later that day I returned there |
Perhaps the devil himself had been the father |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Then we consumed the giant midway |
Taking it in 'til it threw us away |
Yes, we wandered among the crowds of circus goers, circus goers |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Eating fire and swallowing snakes |
A potpourri of nature’s mistakes |
On display at the tent of the bearded ladies |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Riding through the night |
With the greatest of ease |
The daring young lady |
In the greatest show on earth |
We were grinding to the human beast |
There was nothing safe about it |
Nothing was right and nothing was wrong on the midway |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
I do resent |
Too much time was spent |
In the tent of the strange elephant of enlightenment |
My mind was free |
My thoughts were pure |
How much good could a man endure |
As he made his way towards the big tower |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Flying through the air |
With the greatest of ease |
The daring young lady |
In the greatest show on earth |
Grinding through the night |
To the human beat |
There’s nothing safe about it |
Nothing safe about the greatest show on earth |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival |
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