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Carnies

Carnies lyrics by Rush. Under the gaze of the eight elms A spectacle like you've never seen Spinning lights and faces Demon music and gypsy queens The glint...

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Carnies

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Under the gaze of the eight elms

A spectacle like you've never seen

Spinning lights and faces

Demon music and gypsy queens

The glint of iron wheels

The bodies spin in a clockwork dance

Oh, the smell of flint and steel

A wheel of fate, a game of chance

How I pray just to get away

To carry me anywhere

Sometimes the angels punish us

By answering our prayers

By answering our prayers

The face of naked evil

Turns a young boy's blood to ice

The deadly confrontation

Such a dangerous device

The glint of iron wheels

The bodies spin in a clockwork dance

Oh, the smell of flint and steel

A wheel of fate, a game of chance

Oh, shout toward the crowd

Laughed elation ringing loud

A ticking box, in the hand of the innocent

The angry crowd moves toward him with bad intent

How I pray just to get away

To carry me anywhere

Sometimes the angels punish us

By answering our prayers

By answering our prayers

The glint of iron wheels

The bodies spin in a clockwork dance

Oh, the smell of flint and steel

A wheel of fate, a game of chance

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