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Carnival (Single Version) - Natalie Merchant



     
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Well, I've walked these streets
A virtual stage, it seemed to me
Makeup on their faces
Actors took their places next to meWell, I've walked these streets
In a carnival, of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers vendors and the dealers
They crowded around meHave I been blind have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seen?Well, I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond markets the scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for meAnd I've walked these streets
In the madhouse asylum they can be
Where a wild-eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped and he raved of saving meHave I been blind, have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my eyes have seenHave 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 carnivalHave 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 carnivalIn that carnival
Songwriters
PETER ANDERS SVENSSON, MAGNUS SVENINGSSON, NINA PERSSONPublished by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

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Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She co-founded and fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. Later, she went to college and then left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs.

Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: 'Carnival', 'Jealousy' and 'Wonder'. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album Ophelia, her third in 2001 with Motherland, and fourth in 2003 called 'The House Carpenter's Daughter'.

Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes; she has been active in promoting a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name.



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