Carousel Man

[00:08.86] I had a taste of bitter life
[00:11.87] At sweet sixteen
[00:16.51] I was growing up too fast
[00:19.58] If you know what I mean
[00:24.15] Met an older man
[00:25.21] Who taught me his own way to live
[00:31.53] And all I had to do to keep him
[00:34.31] Was to give and give
[00:38.47] The carousel man
[00:40.09] Kept me going around and round
[00:46.09] Carousel man always know
[00:48.39] That I'd stay around
[00:53.22] The carousel man
[00:54.83] Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
[01:01.18] I followed him around in traveling shows
[01:04.05] Along the main county lines
[01:08.85] Watching him drinking his mind away
[01:11.01] Not ever knowing my name at time
[01:16.49] Each night when the show closed down
[01:19.02] He used to tell me of his dreams
[01:23.88] He was wearing new French suits
[01:26.55] While I mended my torn jeans
[01:30.62] The carousel man
[01:32.21] Kept me going around and round
[01:38.22] Carousel man always know
[01:40.59] That I'd stay around
[01:45.37] The carousel man
[01:46.95] Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
[01:53.34] Then one night in Santa Fe
[01:55.81] The horses stop going around
[02:00.85] There he was my poor rich man
[02:04.00] Lying on the Mexico ground
[02:08.28] All the sad music of his life
[02:11.06] Is still spinning in my mind
[02:15.49] The carousel starts up again
[02:18.24] And I found my place in life
[02:22.28] The carousel man
[02:23.72] Kept me going around and round
[02:29.66] Carousel man always know
[02:31.86] That I'd stay around
[02:36.61] The carousel man
[02:38.25] Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
[02:43.95] The carousel man
[02:45.33] Kept me going around and round
[02:51.38] Carousel man always know
[02:53.44] That I'd stay around
[02:58.29] The carousel man
[02:59.62] Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
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