Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel Lyrics - Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt

Well the drunken clown's still hanging 'round 

But it plain the laughter's all died down 

The tears you tried so hard to hide 

Are flowin' 

And a blind man with his knife in hand 

Has convinced himself that he understands 

I wish him well, Miss Carousel 

But I gotta be a-goin' 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Well the lady's been told that all of gold 

Is worth so much it can't be sold 

No time to weep she'll need her sleep 

Tomorrow 

When she carries her face to the market place 

And bets it on the opening race 

She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel 

But her singing brings me sorrow 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Well, it's always done every mother's son 

Is shown that grown men never run 

So they fight with all the might 

Inside them 

When the battle's been fought and they all been taught 

That the trick is just not being caught 

Will you give them hell, Miss Carousel 

When they're begging you to hide them 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

When the need arose, your eyes fell closed 

You clamped your fingers round your nose 

Would you say that's any way 

To judge him 

Well, you haven't got the authority 

To kill him in the first degree 

But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel 

If you had something to begrudge him 

On a velvet beach far beneath the reach 

Of those that come to pray and preach 

The natural man who tries to stand 

Is fallin' 

Well how long will it be before he sees 

You own his legs but his mind is free 

Only you can tell, Miss Carousel 

How long will he be crawling? 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Oh, the castle wall has grown so tall 

It seems there ain't no hope at all 

To reach the top even though you stop 

For breathin' 

But I ain't gonna try to make you cry 

The tear drops couldn't find your eyes 

It's all been swell, Miss Carousel 

But the time has come for leavin' 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name 

Won't you come and get me when 

You're sure that you don't need me then 

I'll stand outside your window 

And proudly call your name