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[Part I:
a rare month for boys When is simple, pure and sweet And the youth can overlook The wolf outside the
hear a tale of Halloween And one October not long Jim Nightshade and Halloway Would never be quite so young
Fury, the seller of lightning rods, the coming storm The on in the library, beneath the black'ning sky Charles sits deep inside, surrounded by his books A serious, lonely and sad old man whose youth has him by
And Jim and conspire To ride the Could set their souls Could send them to Hell
[Part II:
Far away, but too close for comfort Carnival's is playing Halloway in the darkened library Thinking thoughts Son at he doesn't really know years seems so very old Throws the carnival's ad in the Flames grow
Long after midnight, children Journeys them, chances to take Run the streets to the carnival grounds to ride the merry-go-round
Three AM is midnight for the is a man so close to death The house of temptation is at Souls are
What's the purpose of a of virtue? What you don't know can hurt you Every step he made he of regret
Ride's out of order, no around Hardly a whisper, hardly a Thinking that they're alone, but not Gloved encircle, now they are caught
III: The Carnival]
Late that night the returned the carousel spin 'round Turning old man young Bringing to town
turns and turns Years can and time can burn Dark's accomplice, age Now becomes a boy
Jim and Will in To whirling world of sin Forward the carousel Cooger ages, dies and to hell
Mister Dark at once the boys have seen too much As call for the police He and the wait For their to be unleashed
Boys return the law Try to tell what they saw The throws her voice and the old, dead man Seems to to life again
The ruse has worked, no one the Tales of the boys have seen The witch locks eyes; they her most; She wishes them a "short sad for both!"
IV: Pursuits]
Late that night the witch takes to the sky above the Searching for the boys who know the of the carousel A black parade of freaks, and led by Mister Dark, Scours every street for the boys to drag them to hell
The boys have too much And now their will be their silence The freaks have caskets fashioned for the little who hid And Mister Dark halts the procession, the librarian, He asks him who the boys are; fills with as the old man lies
V: The Autumn People]
Late night inside the town's old library Circled by arcane and evil Scouring them for any of knowledge. Charles, Jim and
A father's son who doesn't his dad Suddenly he that he had As he that this old lonely man Could be they the only hope they
The Carnival has here many times Its history is found between the Comes by every years or so more than two hundred years ago
They feast upon the sins and of men Promise you just what you and then When they're through they'll steal very soul Entomb you in sideshow
And as the church rings They hear the opening The boys hide for lives As Mister arrives
VI: Temptations]
Tearing at his To take a second To the wrongs To live
No No living as a Man to old to his son
He turns the down Not willing to exchange his For what he the most
Dark Crushes hand And tells the witch to the man A taste of precious
(old man) your breathing (old man) Feel your (old man) See bleeding (old man) Stop heart
[Part VII:
(Halloway) ten closer to death (Somehow) the courage to laugh (Laughter) in the witch's face (Laughter) burning her wicked (Standing), knowing he's beaten her (Smiling), the time is now (Striding) purposefully into the (Knowing) that he can save them (Mister Dark) the boys into the streets (Will to be) made into a toy for (Nightshade) to be his partner for (After the) carnival's over (Carnival): one last to see (Shoot the witch): who cannot die (Mister Dark) gazes out the crowd for a (Volunteer): someone to it a try
(Halloway) out from deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) believe his eyes (Halloway) his hand picks up the gun (To steady it) he calls for the of his son
[Part VIII:
Far away, in the mirror maze The whole town his name And Will awakes the The dust witch upon his head
Halloway: and son as one As Mister Dark them the bullet and Charles into a crescent moon
Mister stares at the bullet He doesn't yet under The of what Charles has done So he let's the proceed
But the moon he isn't a moon at all It's his smile the carries And totem finds it's way To the witch's
The gun and the knows this and now is dead!
Chaos spreads, and and Will Run to the to rescue Jim Charles in Confronted by reflections of a ancient men Staring and making him older A lifetime full of A man who knew his son A man whose deeds were never
rises from The hall of mirrors He picks up his son and runs him Across the carnival
still upon the carousel Charles and help him down Another boy appears Mister Dark's And the four of us must give
Halloway looks at the strange boy He him for what he is Mister made younger again by the Power of the
picks the boy up Holds him and feels his hatred And with determination Lets his fill with love for his and his son And returns the boy's hate this love and it courses Dark's young And he withers and
As the tents disappears The three of spring back to town Two and one middle-aged man No longer quite so old as he
Far away but much too for comfort Far away but much too close for