Lyrics
[verse]
The lanterns swayed above the cobbled square,
We danced until the fiddler lost his air.
You held my hand beneath the painted lights,
I thought that we could dance through all our nights.
[chorus]
But the carnival is over, the tents are coming down,
The music fades away and leaves an empty town.
I'll carry every memory wherever I may roam,
Now the carnival is over, and I'm going home alone.
[verse]
The wagons roll away before the dawn,
Taking all the color that we leaned upon.
You said you'd write, you said you'd stay in touch,
But some goodbyes just say too much.
[chorus]
But the carnival is over, the tents are coming down,
The music fades away and leaves an empty town.
I'll carry every memory wherever I may roam,
Now the carnival is over, and I'm going home alone.
[bridge]
Somewhere down another river, another town ahead,
Another carnival will rise where this one's fled.
But nothing there will taste as sweet as what we knew,
Under lantern light, just me and you.
[chorus]
But the carnival is over, the tents are coming down,
The music fades away and leaves an empty town.
I'll carry every memory wherever I may roam,
Now the carnival is over, and I'm going home alone.
