Song Description

COMPARING LIFE TO A MAD CAROUSEL RIDE

Lyrics

MY MAD CAROUSEL


(Verse)
SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES
SANELY, SERENELY CONTENT.
I, WITH ONE LIFETIME TO LIVE,
FEEL IT MUST BE DELICIOUSLY SPENT.
I DEMAND MORE OF WHAT LIFE CAN GIVE
AND AS LON G AS I'VE GOT LIFE TO LIVE....

(Refrain)
I LIVE ON A MAD CAROUSEL THAT'S CONSTANTLY TURNING.
IT'S A PERILOUS COURSE THAT MY CAROUSEL HORSE TAKES IN STRIDE.
COUNTLESS FENCES TO HURDLE,
LURKING BEASTS ON THE TRAIL,
ANCIENT CASTLES TO STORM,
RAGING RIVERS TO CROSS,
MIGHTY MOUNTAINS TO SCALE
THROUGHT BLIZZARD AND GALE.

THE SOUND OF MY MERRY-GO-ROUND CAN DROWN OUT THE HUMDRUM.
IT'S A GRERAT TRUMPET CALL THAT SAYS,
"LEAP TO YOUR STALLION AND RIDE".
AND AS LONGS AS I'M CAROUSEL MASTER
WHEN I SAY "GO FASTER",
THE WORLD WILL START SPINNING PELL MELL.
THERE'S NO TIME TO BE SAD, ONLY GLAD
ON M Y MAD CAROUSEL.

I LIVED ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND AND LIFE IS EXCITING.
DURING EVERY ROTATION, I FIKND A SENSATION QUITE NEW.
THOUGH I KNOW IT WILL BE SO EXQUSITE
WHEN SOMEDAY I VISIT
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEDN OR HELL.
TILL THAT DAY COMES MY WAY,
I'LL JUST PLAY ON MY M AD CAROUSEL.

copyright Robert Arthur ASCAP