Neil Young & Promise Of The Real - Carnival Lyrics

Neil Young & Promise Of The Real Lyrics

"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 great grandfather
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 eye
The barkers calling to me on the midway
Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival

I held the picture in my eye
From a photo booth nearby
With a girl so lovely
I loved her 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 top
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

Grinding through the night
With the greatest of ease
The daring young lady
In the greatest show on earth

We were grinding to the human beat
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 top
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 is 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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Writer(s): Neil Young

album: "The Visitor" (2017)

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"Carnival" lyrics

Neil Young & Promise Of The Real Lyrics