[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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You can walk on the water,
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drown in the sand
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You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can
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Run away, run away -- it's the restless age
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Look away, look away--you can turn the page
[Pre-Chorus]
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Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
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Here on the street
F#m E/G# A B7sus E
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
[Chorus]
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival--believe it or not
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival--two bits a shot
[Verse 2]
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Saw a man with the jinx
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in the third degree
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From trying to deal with people, people you can't see
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Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
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Give away, give away, all the souvenirs
[Pre-Chorus]
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We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
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The flat old world
F#m E/G# A B7sus E
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
[Chorus]
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival, it's in the book
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival, take another look
[Pre-Chorus]
A A7 E
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
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Here on the street
F#m E/G# A B7sus E
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
[Chorus]
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
E A/E E A/E
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot
[Outro]
E A/E
Life is a carnival
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Life is a carnival
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Life is a carnival
(repeat and fade)
