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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

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