The Carnival Is Over Lyrics

Adam watches his little Eve sleeping in a grief of snowNot knowing what to do or where to goHe packed his bags for the big cityOh, what else, lie around lying thereCoughing up her ...Read Full Lyrics

Down the road I look and there runs MaryHair of gold and lips like cherriesWe go down to the river where the willows weepTake a naked root for a lovers seatThat rose out of the bit...Read Full Lyrics

I went out walking the other dayThe heat hung wet around my neckMy head it rung with screams and groansFrom the night I spent amongst her bonesAnd I passed beside the mission house...Read Full Lyrics

Look-a look-a yonderLook-a look-a yonderLook-a look-a yonderWell the sun done goneThe captain can't hold her The captain can't hold her The captain can't hold her The way I do nowA...Read Full Lyrics

I was riding, I was riding homeThe sun, the sun, the sun was rising from the fieldI got a feeling I just can't shakeI got a feeling that just won't go awayYou've got to just keep o...Read Full Lyrics

I see trees of green, red roses tooI watch them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue, clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day and the ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a devil waiting outside your door(How much longer?)There's a devil waiting outside your doorAnd he's bucking and braying and pawing at the floorAnd he's howling with pain a...Read Full Lyrics

And no-one saw the carny goThe weeks flew byUntil they moved on the showLeaving his caravan behindIt was parked out on the south east ridgeAnd as the company crossed the bridgeWith...Read Full Lyrics

Last night I lay tremblingThe moon it was lowIt was the end of loveOf misery and woe Then suddenly above meHer face buried in lightCame a vision of beautyAll covered in white Now t...Read Full Lyrics

People just ain't no goodI think that's well understoodYou can see it everywhere you lookPeople just ain't no goodWe were married under cherry treesUnder blossom we made our vowsAl...Read Full Lyrics