Tunnel of Love (Intro: The Carousel Waltz)

Lyrics

Getting crazy on the waltzers
 But it's the life that I choose
 Hey, sing about the six blade, sing about the switchback
 And a torture tattoo
 And I've been riding on a ghost train
 Where the cars, they scream and slam
 And I don't know where I'll be tonight
 But I'd always tell you where I am
 In a screaming ring of faces
 I seen her standing in the light
 She had a ticket for the races
 Yeah, just like me, she was a victim of the night
 I put my hand upon the lever
 Said let it rock and let it roll
 I had the one-arm bandit fever
 There was an arrow through my heart and my soul
 And the big wheel keep on turnin'
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 Neon burnin' up above
 And I'm just high on the world
 Come on and take a low ride with me girl
 On the tunnel of love
 Yeah, love
 It's just a danger
 When you're riding at your own risk
 She said, "You are the perfect stranger"
 She said, "Baby, let's keep it like this"
 
 It's just a cakewalk, twisting baby, yeah, step right up and say
 "Hey mister, give me two, give me two now
 'Cause any two can play"
 And the big wheel keep on turning
 Neon burnin' up above
 And I'm just high on the world
 Come on and take a low ride with me, girl
 On the tunnel of love
 Oh love, love
 Well it's been money for muscle on a another whirligig
 Money for muscle and another girl I dig
 Another hustle just to
 Just to make it big and rock away, rock away
 Oh rock away, rock away
 And girl, it looks so pretty to me
 Like it always did
 Oh, like the Spanish city to me
 When we were kids
 Yeah, girl it looks so pretty to me
 Just like it always did
 Oh, like the Spanish city to me
 When we were kids
 Woh la!
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 Check it out
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 She took off her silver locket
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 She said, "Remember me by this"
 She put her hand in my pocket
 I got a keepsake and a kiss
 And in the roar of dust and diesel
 I stood and watched her walk away
 I could have caught up with her easy enough
 But something must have made me stay
 And the big wheel keep on turning
 Neon burnin' up above
 And I'm just high on this world
 Come on and take a low ride with me, girl
 On the tunnel of love
 Yea love, love
 On the tunnel of love
 Woah love, love
 Yeah, now I'm searchin' through these carousels and the carnival arcades
 Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades
 In any shooting gallery where promises are made
 To rock away, rock away
 Rock away, rock away
 From Cullercoats to Whitley bay
 And to rock away
 And, girl it looks so pretty to me
 Like it always did
 Like the Spanish city to me
 When we were kids
 Girl, it looks so pretty to me
 Like it always did
 Like the Spanish city to me
 When we were kids
 

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Song Details

Duration
08:08
Key
5
Tempo
137 BPM

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