The Carnival Is Over

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From the album: Kicking Against the Pricks

Track 12 of 12 on Kicking Against the Pricks (1986).

Duration: 3:14

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Lyrics for The Carnival Is Over

Say goodbye, my one true lover And we'll steal a lover's song How it breaks my heart to leave you Now the carnival has gone Oh my love, the dawn is breaking And my tears are falling rain For the carnival is over We may never meet again Like a drum my heart was beating And your kiss was sweet as wine But the joys of love are fleeting For Pierrot and Columbine Now the cloak of night is falling This will be our last goodbye Though the carnival is over I will love you till I die

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