Running With The Carnival

Oh, down by the river where the wildflower grow
 All the people comin' to a carnival show
 Got my little brother Bobby here, so come along
 Oh, we gotta get there early or the seats are all gone
 Hey, now, you can smell the sawdust up your nose for a mile
 There's a bearded lady and that man's a crocodile
 Slip inside the tent and see the giant rubber man
 Oh, I bet his momma's proud of him, he's doin' what he can
 Doin' what he can.
 Oh, I wonder if they'd let me join up with 'em if I could
 Get down to the city, get off this hill for good
 Yeah, I'm tired of totin' water, feedin' chickens in a shack
 I'm runnin' away to the carnival, an' never comin' back
 Nope! Never comin' back.
 Now, the strong man got no hair, he can lift a heavy stone
 Monkey woman's screechin', in her nose there's a bone
 The cracker barrel's open and the cider's filled with flies
 Oh, take a seat down in front, 'cause the curtain's 'bout to rise
 Yeah, wander past the fortune teller, readin' someone's hand
 What future does she see while we listen to the band?
 And I can hear the music now from that calliope
 Oh, when the carnival's in town there's always somethin' new to see
 Somethin' new to see...
 Oh, the people in the carnival, they all act just like kin
 And you can't be in the middle when you're sleepin' with a Siamese twin
 Oh, the dog-faced boy lifts his leg out in the pourin' rain
 When you're travellin' with the carnival, there really is no shame
 Nope, no shame.
 Down by the river where the wildflower grow
 All the folks are packin' up that carnival to go
 I guess I'll soon be leavin', then, but you can come with me
 And we all run to the carnival and see what we would be
 Repeat and fade:
 Run, run, runnin' with the carnival