Carnival



Carnival was a song written and recorded by Natalie Merchant for her 1996 album, Tigerlily. It was used in the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Antony and Cleopatra."

Lyrics

 * I've walked these streets
 * A virtual stage
 * It seemed to me
 * Make up on their faces
 * Actors took their
 * Places next to me


 * I've walked these streets
 * In a carnival
 * Of sights to see
 * All the cheap thrill seekers
 * The vendors & the dealers
 * They crowded around me


 * Have I been blind
 * Have I been lost
 * Inside myself and
 * My own mind
 * Hypnotized
 * Mesmerized
 * By what my eyes have seen?


 * I've walked these streets
 * In a spectacle of wealth & poverty
 * In the diamond market
 * The scarlet welcome carpet
 * That they just rolled out for me


 * I've walked these streets
 * In the mad house asylum
 * They can be
 * Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
 * On a traffic island stopped
 * And he raved of saving me


 * Have I been blind
 * Have I been lost
 * Inside myself and
 * My own mind
 * Hypnotized
 * Mesmerized
 * By what my eyes have seen?


 * Have I been wrong
 * Have I been wise
 * To shut my eyes
 * And play along
 * Hypnotized
 * Paralyzed
 * By what my eyes have found
 * By what my eyes have seen
 * What they have seen?


 * Have I been blind
 * Have I been lost
 * Have I been wrong
 * Have I been wise
 * Have I been strong
 * Have I been
 * Hypnotized
 * Mesmerized
 * By what my eyes have found
 * In that great street carnival
 * In that carnival?