[00:00.00] 作词 : VanZandt[00:00.00] 作曲 : Not Documented[00:00.00] By townes van zandt[00:19.59]The drunken clown's still hanging round[00:22.50]But it plain the laughter's all died down[00:25.56]The tears you tried so hard to hide[00:30.96]Are flowin'[00:31.50]A blind man with his knife in hand[00:34.32]Has convinced himself that he understands[00:37.62]I wish him well, miss carousel[00:40.50]But i gotta be a-goin'[00:45.39]Won't you come and get me when[00:47.61]You're sure that you don't need me then[00:50.85]I stand outside your window[00:53.70]And proudly call your name[01:01.20]The ladies been told that all of gold[01:04.17]Is worth so much it can't be sold[01:07.20]No time to weep she'll need her sleep[01:09.72]Tomorrow[01:12.69]When she carries her face to the market place[01:16.11]And bets it on the opening race[01:18.78]She can ring her bells, miss carousel,[01:21.90]But her singing brings me sorrow[01:42.54]It's always done every mother's son[01:45.66]Is shown that grown men never run[01:48.51]And so they fight with all the might[01:51.33]Inside them[01:54.24]When the battle's been fought and they all been taught[01:57.42]That the trick is just not being caught[02:00.42]Will you give them hell, miss carousel,[02:03.33]When they're begging you to hide them[02:23.76]When the need arose your eyes fell closed[02:27.12]You clamped your fingers round your nose[02:30.09]Would you say that's any way[02:32.70]To judge him[02:35.85]You haven't got the authority[02:38.76]To kill him in the first degree[02:41.46]But would you feel compelled, miss carousel,[02:44.40]If you have something to begrudge him[03:04.77]On a velvet beach far beneath the reach[03:08.10]Of those that come to pray and preach[03:11.07]The natural man who tries to stand[03:13.74]Is fallin[03:16.77]How long will it be before he sees[03:19.95]You own his legs but his mind is free[03:22.71]Only you can tell, miss carousel,[03:25.41]How long will he be crawling?[03:46.41]The castle walls has grown so tall[03:49.29]Seem there ain't no hope at all[03:52.26]To reach the top even though you stop[03:54.96]For breathin'[03:57.81]But i ain't gonna try to make you cry[04:01.14]The tear drops couldn't find your eye[04:04.08]It's all been swell, miss carousel,[04:06.99]But the time has come for leavin'