Life Is A Carnival

The Band

Transposer:

[Intro] e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----5----3--------------------5-------3---------------------------| G|----6----4--------------------4-------2---------------------------| D|-----------------2------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1] You can walk on the water drown in the sand You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can Run away run away -- it’s the restless age Look away look away--you can turn the page [Pre-Chorus] Hey buddy would you like to buy a watch real cheap Here on the street I got six on each arm and two more round my feet [Chorus] Life is a carnival--believe it or not Life is a carnival--two bits a shot [Verse 2] Saw a man with the jinx in the third degree From trying to deal with people people you can’t see Take away take away this house of mirrors Give away give away all the souvenirs [Pre-Chorus] We’re all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world The flat old world The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl [Chorus] Life is a carnival it’s in the book Life is a carnival take another look [Pre-Chorus] Hey buddy would you like to buy a watch real cheap Here on the street I got six on each arm and two more round my feet [Chorus] Life is a carnival believe it or not Life is a carnival two bits a shot [Outro] Life is a carnival Life is a carnival Life is a carnival (repeat and fade)

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Cette chanson évoque la vie comme un grand spectacle, un carnaval où chacun peut prendre des risques et se livrer à des aventures, qu'elles soient excitantes ou déroutantes. Elle met en lumière les illusions de la vie quotidienne, en montrant comment nous sommes parfois perdus dans un monde peuplé d'obstacles invisibles et de réflexions trompeuses. Le récit se déroule dans un cadre urbain, illustrant la lutte entre le réel et le fictif, tout en invitant à accepter l'absurdité de notre existence. Les images de la rue et de la foire soulignent cette idée de vivant, de mouvement, et de la nécessité de regarder au-delà des apparences.

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