Carousels Lyrics

Carousels lyrics

On a bus ride into town



I wondered out loud "Why am I going to town?"



And as I looked around at the billboards and the stores



I thought "Why do I look around?"



And I kissed the filthy ground



And in the first dry spot I found



And I didn't have to wonder why I was laying down.







Before long I was too cold



Took a bus back to the station



I found a letter left by a pay phone



With no return contact



And it read like a horn blown by some sad angel



"Bunny, it was me... it was me who let you down"



It was the shyest attempt I'd ever seen at conversation







If I didn't have You as my guide I'd still wander lost in Sinai,



Counting the plates of cars from out-of-state,



(how I could jump in their path as they hurry along!)



You surround me, you're pretty but you're all I can see,



like a thick fog - if there was no way into God,



I would never have laid in this grave of a body for so long.







And Bonner fair always came through the first week of September



But it's already the 19th



And there's no sign of it.



Yet I have a hard time



Remembering all the things that I should remember



And a hard time



Forgetting the all things that I am supposed forget.







Oh Christ when You're ready to come back



I think I'm ready for You to come back



But if You want to stay wherever exactly it is You are,



That's okay too - it's really none of my business.



If I didn't have You as my guide I'd still be wandering lost in Sinai



Or down by the tracks watching trains go by to remind me:



There are places that aren't here.



I had a well but all the water left



So I'll ask Your forgiveness with every breath,



If there was no way into God,



I would never have laid in this grave of a body for so long, dear.