Lost At The Carnival

(album: The Marvelous Missing Link: Found - 2015)

Ya havin fun, walkin witcha mom and pops,
At the carnival, you get on the cyclops,
As it spins, it whips you up, something terrifying,
You're scared to death, two seconds from cryin,
It's finally over, you run back to where your parents were,
But they're missing, everything's a blur,
You walk into the crowd, nothin makes cute faces,
You hear buzzes and bells and laughs from mental cases,
Are they in the fun house? You walk into it,
And right away you're thinking "why did I do it?"
You're in the tilted room, the maze of mirrors,
Scary faces in the black light, drumming up fears,
You headed up the stairs, and down the slime,
Thank god you're finally back outside,
You check the food lines, river world, highs and lows,
It's really happening, you're lost at the carnival
The carnival, the carnival, the carnival, the carnival...

Went around, Lost at the Carnival,
Where'd they go? Lost at the Carnival,
Went in town, Lost at the Carnival
I don't know, Lost at the Carnival
Check around, Lost at the Carnival
Check again, Lost at the Carnival
You're alone, Lost at the Carnival
Lost in a maze, Lost at the Carnival
Lost at the Carnival, you're lost at the caaarnn...

You get on the ferris wheel, a view from above,
oh, you didn't try the river of love?
You hop on a boat slowly floating through the darkness,
Evil cupids swooping down on a harness,
You wanna cry, but you try to hold it in, man,
Is that daddy shooting BB's at the tin cans?
Run up to him, tap him on the shoulders,
Some drunk, would've been about 30 years older,
"Come on! Don't bother me! i'm tryna win, kid!"
You didn't look in Queen Lasheva's pyramid,
Once again, there you are lost in a maze,
Staring at King Tut, in his eyes you gaze,
Suddenly he blinks and stares right back upon you,
Running off, was it real, or was it supposed to do that?
Don't ask Carnies for help, they got levers to pull,
It's really happening, you're lost at the Carnival
The carnival, the carnival, the carnival, the carnival...

Went around, Lost at the Carnival,
Where'd they go? Lost at the Carnival,
Went in town, Lost at the Carnival
I don't know, Lost at the Carnival
Check around, Lost at the Carnival
Check again, Lost at the Carnival
You're alone, Lost at the Carnival
Lost in a maze, Lost at the Carnival
Lost at the Carnival, you're lost at the caaarnn...

You hear laughter, you smell the cotton candy cooking,
Going through the haunted mansion, now, looking for your parents,
Clown faces poping out the dark,
You're thinking "it's impossible to check the whole park,"
Just when you've had about all you can take,
You check the midway games, and that was a mistake,
"Hey kid, come over here, it's only a buck!"
"Hey little boy, win a big prize, come try yer luck!"
Only one place left, the house of amusement,
It looks friendly, it's gotta be where they went,
Inside you find your father, his eyes glow red,
He's on display in the wall of the hall of death!
There's your mother with fangs, chained to a potion,
You ain't even alive, you realize you're a ghost,
This is your personal hell, and now you know,
That you're doomed to forever be lost at the Carnival!
At the carnival, the carnival, the carnival, the carnival...

Went around, Lost at the Carnival,
Where'd they go? Lost at the Carnival,
Went in town, Lost at the Carnival
I don't know, Lost at the Carnival
Check around, Lost at the Carnival
Check again, Lost at the Carnival
You're alone, Lost at the Carnival
Lost in a maze, Lost at the Carnival

Went around, Lost at the Carnival,
Where'd they go? Lost at the Carnival,
Went in town, Lost at the Carnival
I don't know, Lost at the Carnival
Check around, Lost at the Carnival
Check again, Lost at the Carnival
You're alone, Lost at the Carnival
Lost in a maze, Lost at the Carnival