Carousel Man
I had a taste of bitter lifeAt sweet sixteenI was growing up too fastIf you know what I mean
Met an older manWho taught me his own way to liveAnd all I had to do to keep himWas to give and give
The carousel manKept me going around and roundCarousel man always knowThat I'd stay aroundThe carousel manWouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
I followed him around in traveling showsAlong the main county linesWatching him drinking his mind awayNot ever knowing my name at time
Each night when the show closed downHe used to tell me of his dreamsHe was wearing new French suitsWhile I mended my torn jeans
The carousel manKept me going around and roundCarousel man always knowThat I'd stay aroundThe carousel manWouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
Then one night in Santa FeThe horses stop going aroundThere he was my poor rich manLying on the Mexico ground
All the sad music of his lifeIs still spinning in my mindThe carousel starts up againAnd I found my place in life
The carousel manKept me going around and roundCarousel man always knowThat I'd stay aroundThe carousel manWouldn't let me off his merry-go-round
The carousel manKept me going around and roundCarousel man always knowThat I'd stay aroundThe carousel manWouldn't let me off his merry-go-round