Carnival Song / Hi Lily, Hi Lo
by Tim Buckley
From the album: Dream Letter: Live in London 1968
Track 11 of 16 on Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 (1990).
Duration: 8:50
Lyrics for Carnival Song / Hi Lily, Hi Lo
The singer cries for people's lies He will sing for the day to bring him night The circus burns in carnival flame And for a while you won't know my name at all But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold The juggling clown smiles to me And every frown we agree is glad The nighttime comes to bring the bums From Bowery heat to crimson streets of wine But magic lands will never touch our sands Your children smile in single file They learn mistakes that others make They see although they cannot know The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild But dance and sing, for others bring the shame And for a while you won't know my name
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More from Dream Letter: Live in London 1968
- Introduction
- Buzzin' Fly
- Phantasmagoria In Two
- Morning Glory
- Dolphins
- I've Been Out Walking
- The Earth Is Broken
- Who Do You Love
- Pleasant Street / You Keep Me Hanging On
- Love From Room 109 / Strange Feelin'
- Carnival Song / Hi Lily, Hi Lo
- Hallucinations
- Troubadour
- Dream Letter / Happy Time
- Wayfaring Stranger / You Got Me Runnin'
- Once I Was