1164 – The Band – Life is a carnival (1971)

Escrita por Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko e Levon Helm, foi gravada no começo de 1971 e lançada em 15 de setembro de 1971 no disco Cahoots, e também foi lançada em compacto como Lado A que tinha The moon struck one como Lado B. Trechos dessa música foram escritas na sepultura de Levon Helm, em Woodstock, New York.

Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra e violão. Garth Hudson tocou orgao Lowrey. Richard Manuel tocou piano elétrico. Rick Danko tocou baixo e cantou. Levon Helm tocou bateria e cantou.

A letra:

You can walk on the water
Drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountaintop
If anybody can

Run away, run away (run away, run away)
It's the restless age
Look away, look away (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 a jinx
In the third degree
From trying to deal with people
People, you can't see

Take away, take away (take away, take away)
This house of mirrors
Give away, give away (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

Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival

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