I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

Carnival came by my town today
bright lights from giant wheels
fall on the alleyways
and I'm here
by my door
waiting for you

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I here sounds of lovers
barrel organs, mothers
I would like to take you
down there
just to make you mine
in a merry-go-round

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

come on and love me now

Carnival came by my town today
bright lights from giantwheel
fall on the alleyways
and I'm here
by my door
waiting for you

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

come on and love me now

I hear sounds of lovers
barrel organs, mothers
I would like to take you
down there
just to make you mine
in a merry-go-round

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

come on and love me now
come on and love me now
come on and love me now
come on and love me now
come on and love me now
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

Carnaval

Nunca sabré
porque nunca me lo demostrarás
ven y ámame ahora
ven y ámame ahora

el carnaval llegó a mi ciudad hoy
brillantes luces de ruedas gigantes
desfilan en las calles
estoy aqui
apoyada en mi puerta
esperándote

Nunca sabré
porque nunca me lo demostrarás
ven y ámame ahora
ven y ámame ahora

Oigo a los amantes
tubos de organos, madres
Me gustaría llevarte
hasta alli
para hacerte mio
en una divertida vuelta

I'll sing to the sun in the sky
I'll sing to the sun rises high
Carnival time is here
Magical time of year
And as the time draws near
Dreams fill my heart
I'll sing while he plays his guitar
I'll sing as the night wakes the dawn
Will love come my way
On this magical day
And will love stay in my heart

Carnival time is here
Magical time of year
And as the time draws near
Dreams fill my heart
I'll sing while he plays his guitar
I'll sing in my dream from afar
Will love come my way
On this magical day
And will love stay in my heart

Will true love come my way
On this magical day
Or will love
Or will love in my

Stay, stay in me,
Stay, stay in me,
Stay, stay in my
You

I say it again
The way you walk and I know the way you can
The way you're telling me you're not a dangerous man
I said it again, I'll say again
I'm not that kind of woman
The way you're telling me
Whoa
What you can do...you, you

I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their
Places next to me

I've walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors & the dealers
They crowded around me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth & poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me

I've walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
To shut my eyes
And play along
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen?

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
Have I been strong
Have I been
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival.

You will see, you will see,
What you want to see, exactly what you want to be,
At the carnival, at the carnival, at the carnival.

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival,
To the carnival, to the carnival, to the carnival.

Come with me, come with me.
Come with me, come with me.

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival.

You will see, you will see,
What you want to see, exactly what you want to be,
At the carnival, at the carnival, at the carnival.

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival,
To the carnival, to the carnival, to the carnival.

Come with me, come with me.
Come with me, come with me.

You know you're not a strong man,
And you're just about to cry,
Hang on... Hang on,
It's all right... It's all right.
You worry about the future.
The sign said: Yoga class for cats,
It's okay... It's okay, it's no fun...

You're frustrated by the cracks
In the pavement
And every mother's back...
Once again,
The carnival closed down,
But if this world would ever turn around.

And the dynamite is waiting,
'Cus they bankrupted the sky...
It's okay... It's okay, it's no fun...

You're frustrated by the cracks
In the pavement
And every mother's back...
Once again,
The carnival closed down,
But if this world would ever turn around.

Break your mothers back
If you step on the cracks...
Everybody does...

You're frustrated by the cracks
In the pavement
And every mother's back...
Once again,
The carnival closed down,
But if this world would ever turn around.

You'll be there,
When everyone is sane, you'll be there.
When everyone is sane, you'll be there.
When everyone is sane, you'll be there.
When everyone is sane, you'll be there.

Rocking horse has turned to dust,
ashes on the line.
Ship of dreams has turned to rust,
happens every time.

Chorus: Silver turns to gold,
same old talk, seems old.
I need a drink to keep my fever down.
When the moon comes out to shine,
spare the rod and pour some wine.
Just keep on keepin on.
I'll be here when the carnival is gone.

Lets go back to yesterday,
if only for a song.
Brother come on out and play,
you can still sing along.

Chorus: Silver turns to gold
same old talk, seems old.
I know the painted lady
when I'm down.
When the moon comes out to shine,
hold the force and drink some wine.
Just keep on Keepin on
I'll be here for the carnival.

Interlude: One of these days you'll see the sound.
Riding back 10 feet off the ground.
Wanna stay lost until I'm found.
Just keep on keepin on.
I'll be here when the carnival is gone.

Chorus: Sewer turns to gold
same old talk, seems so old.
I need another drink before I drown.
When the moon comes out to shine,
spare the rod and pour some wine.
Just keep on keepin on
I'll be here when the carnival is gone.

See me in the morning light
A photograph of pure delight
Yeah but I left too soon
I don't see you girl
There were some good times we had
And there were some that weren't so bad
Oh just feel it now lets feel it now

Yoh yo I remember what we used to do
Blink up and dream a living
with the notion to
I'll give you the sun, the
stars and the blue sky too
So come on a leasing wanna pleasing you
Remember when we used to
link up with the crew
Suze and Suzette and Tanya too
You're the one on me side, when me ask you to
it's just a party now,
Yo, I believe in you, I ain't leaving you

[ CHORUS ]
Ooh come on let's get down tonight
Come on let's get down tonight
Join the carnival of love ooh
Well you sing it now, take it now
Join the carnival of love

Come on join in the carnival of love yeah

I watch the laughter in your eyes
I see the wrinkles change in size
Yeah, time has left you now
Lovers may have tried to be
everything that's strange in me
oh much deeper now, much deeper now

Much deeper,
Yo, I used to love it when we used to play
It used to be like a weekend everyday
Three times at night when I came everyway
Body to body make you scream and say
Physically dance
You're not easy, take it easy
For again we are love, at one with the pope
And you stay on my mind,
So lets go to the party girl
That we leave behind

[ CHORUS ]
Ooh come on let's get down tonight
Come on let's get down tonight
Join the carnival of love ooh
Well you sing now, take it now
Join the carnival of love
Come on join in the carnival of love, yeah
Ooh come on let's get down tonight
Come on let's get down tonight
Join the carnival of love ooh
Well you sing it now, take it now
Join the carnival of love
I believe in you, I ain't leaving you, yo yo

Push it now, push it now
I believe in you
Stop me now
Push it now, push it now
I believe in you
Stop me now
Push it now, push it now
I believe in you
Stop me now
Push it now, push it now
I believe in you, I ain't leaving you

[ CHORUS: ]
Oh come on let's get down tonight
Come on let's get down tonight
Join the carnival of love ooh
Well you sing it now, take it now
Join the carnival of love
Oh come on let's get down tonight
Come on let's get down tonight
Join the carnival of love ooh
Well you sing it now, take it now
Join the carnival of love

I believe in you, I ain't leaving you
Yoh I remember what we used to do
Blink up and dream a living,
with the notion to
I'll give you the sun, the
stars and the blue sky too
So come on a leasing wanna pleasing you

What were my intentions in time will bring good
and so we'll make this our own paradise

where blue eyes should look

so i played again to lay down myself

the lines made me perfect and came then

the light gave me dark

threw myself in your door

you stared at me with those eyes

and caught your disease

then swallowed ideas to skin

and left standing there

and so we'll make this your own paradise

where all eyes would stare

so i played again to lay down myself

the lines made me perfect and came then

the light gave me dark.

Where in the world have you been
It's as strange as I've ever lived
So you're comin' along to the sideshow
I'll be fallin' all over like dominos
For girls are sad in their eyes
They're all standin' around bein' hypnotised
And walkin' me back to the firin' line
Ya smile to get in the door
Ya can't keep it closed anymore
Tell your ma that you're gone to the freakshow
I'm crawlin' all over the carnival
Just scratchin' a stitch in a skin
I'm moanin' for more of the medicine
In the mornin' you're wonderin' where ya been
Just turnin' your back to the ghost
And tryin' to look like you just might know
That all of the good that you've seen
Just went down and into the drain
Oh kids am I straight out for now
In the mornin' I'm gonna find it on out
What in the world can it be
It's as strange as I've ever seen
The girls are dead in their eyes
Just standin' around like they're hypnotised
Who'll follow me back to the freak show
I'm crawlin' all over the carnival
And I am gone
The kid's in a straight out for now
In the mornin' I'm wanna find it on out
What in the world can it be
It's as strange as I've ever seen
The girls are dead in their eyes
Just standin' around like they're hypnotised
Who'll follow me back to the freak show
I'm crawlin' all over the carnival
And I am gone

I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their
Places next to me

I've walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors & the dealers
They crowded around me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth & poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me

I've walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?

Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
To shut my eyes
And play along
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen?

Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
Have I been strong
Have I been
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?

[Instrumental]

Music by: Tom Waits
Official release: “The Black Rider”, Island Records Inc., © 1993