Life Is A Carnival

by The Band

From the album: Rock of Ages

Track 15 of 28 on Rock of Ages (1972).

Duration: 4:17

Rock of Ages cover art

Lyrics for Life Is A Carnival

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

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More from Rock of Ages

  1. Introduction
  2. Don't Do It
  3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
  4. Caledonia Mission
  5. Get Up, Jake
  6. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  7. Stage Fright
  8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  9. Across The Great Divide
  10. This Wheel's On Fire
  11. Rag Mama Rag
  12. The Weight
  13. The Shape I'm In
  14. The Unfaithful Servant
  15. Life Is A Carnival
  16. The Genetic Method
  17. Chest Fever
  18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
  19. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  20. I Shall Be Released
  21. Up On Cripple Creek
  22. The Rumor
  23. Rockin' Chair
  24. Time To Kill
  25. Down In The Flood
  26. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  27. Don't Ya Tell Henry
  28. Like A Rolling Stone