The Carnival Songtext / Lyric

As the lights go down at the carnival and the last ride grinds to a stop

All the bums are singing at the patterned glass in the church across the lot

And all the thieves and the liers and the hypocrites that brought us down so low

All pile past the coffin, man, like wolves out on a prowl

And everyone has an alibi, no one was at the scene

The only eulogy is written out in spray paint on the street



Lady Libery, what the hell is happening?

It seems like your torch - it don't burn for me(?)

Your children are hungry, they can't find their way home

Whatever happened to the dream






And druggies(?) and the drunks and the burnout(?) punks

Are wandering the streets

Just looking for a fast(?)? of happiness

To burn away their broken dreams

While in a penthouse apartment in the high row(?)

Standing high above the filth

You know the promise land just wouldn't make a promise to someone else

And the guns on the roof are silenced for now, but you still dont feel safe

Until you're locked in your room, five floors up, man, planning your escape



Lady libery, what the hell is happening?

It seems like your torch - it don't burn for me(?)

Your children are hungry, they can't find their way home

Whatever happened to the dream



Lady libery, what the hell is happening?

It seems like your torch - it don't burn for me(?)

Your children are hungry, they can't find their way home

Whatever happened to the dream

Whatever happened to the dream

Whatever happened to the dream