The Last Carnival Lyrics

From the Album: Working On A Dream
Suggested picking patterns:
intro and verse:
Sun down, sun down
They're taking all the tents down
Where have you gone my handsome Billy?
Sun down, sun down
The carnival trains' leavin' town
Where are you now my darling Billy?
verse:
We won't be dancing together on the high wire
Facing the lions with you at my side anymore
We won't be breathing the smoke and the fire
On a midway
Hangin' from the trapeze
My wrists waitin' for your wrists
Two daredevils high upon the wall of death
You throwin' the knife that lands inches from my heart
Sun down
bridge:
Moon rise, moon rise
The light that was in your eyes has gone away
Daybreak, daybreak
The thing in you that made me ache has gone to stay
We'll be riding the train without you tonight
The train that keeps on movin'
Its black smoke scorching the evening sky
A million stars shining above us like every soul livin' and dead
Has been gathered together by a God to
sing a hymn over your bones
Sun down, sun down
Empty are the fairgrounds
Where are you now my handsome Billy?