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[Part I:
October's a rare month for life is simple, pure and sweet And the foolish youth can The wolf outside the
Come a tale of Halloween And one October not past Jim Nightshade and Halloway Would never be quite so anymore
Fury, the seller of lightning rods, foretells the coming The light's on in the library, the black'ning sky Charles Halloway deep inside, surrounded by his books A serious, and sad old man whose youth has passed him by
And Jim and Will To ride the Could set their souls Could send them straight to
[Part II:
Far away, but much too for comfort Carnival's is playing Halloway sits in the library Thinking thoughts Son at home he doesn't know years seems so very old Throws the carnival's ad in the Flames higher
Long midnight, children awake await them, chances to take Run through the streets to the carnival to ride the merry-go-round
Three AM is for the soul is a man so close to death The house of is at hand are damned
What's the of a life of virtue? What you don't know certainly can you Every step he he second-guessed of regret
Ride's out of order, no around Hardly a whisper, a sound Thinking that they're alone, but not Gloved hands encircle, now they are
[Part III: The
that night the boys returned Watched the carousel spin Turning old man young Bringing to town
Carousel turns and Years can and time can burn Dark's accomplice, age Now becomes a boy
Jim and stumble in To this whirling of sin spins the carousel Cooger ages, and goes to hell
Mister knows at once That the have seen too much As they for the police He and the wait For plan to be unleashed
Boys with the law Try to them what they saw The witch throws her voice and the old, man Seems to come to life
The ruse has worked, no one the Tales of the boys have seen The witch eyes; they fear her most; She wishes them a "short sad for both!"
[Part IV:
Late that the witch takes to the sky above the town 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 them down to hell
The boys have seen too And now their death will be their The freaks caskets fashioned for the little boys who hid And Mister Dark the procession, seeing the librarian, He asks him who the boys are; fills rage as the old man lies
V: The Autumn People]
Late that 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 sees that this old man be they the only hope they have
The Carnival has been many times Its history is found the lines Comes by every years or so Since more than two hundred ago
They feast upon the sins and of men Promise you just what you and then When they're through steal your very soul Entomb you in sideshow
And as the bell rings They hear the door The boys hide for lives As Dark arrives
VI: Temptations]
Tearing at his To a second chance To the wrongs To again
No No more as a Man to old to his son
He the offer down Not willing to exchange his For what he wants the
Mister Crushes Charles' And the witch to give the man A taste of precious
(old man) your breathing (old man) Feel your (old man) See you're (old man) your heart
VII: Confrontations]
(Halloway) ten lifetimes to death (Somehow) the courage to laugh (Laughter) searing in the witch's (Laughter) her wicked soul (Standing), knowing he's beaten her (Smiling), the time is now (Striding) purposefully the street (Knowing) that he can save them (Mister Dark) leads the boys the streets (Will to be) into a toy for freaks (Nightshade) to be his partner for (After the) carnival's over (Carnival): one attraction to see (Shoot the witch): gypsy who die (Mister Dark) gazes out the crowd for a (Volunteer): someone to it a try
(Halloway) out from deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) cannot his eyes (Halloway) his good hand up the gun (To steady it) he calls for the of his son
[Part Departures]
Far away, trapped in the maze The whole town his name And Will awakes the The dust placed upon his head
Halloway: and son as one As Mister Dark gives the bullet and Charles into a crescent moon
Mister stares at the bullet He yet under stand The meaning of Charles has done So he the game proceed
But the moon he carved isn't a at all It's his smile the carries And this totem finds way To the witch's
The gun and the knows this and now is dead!
Chaos spreads, and Charles and Run to the maze to Jim Charles in by reflections of a million ancient men Staring back and him older A lifetime of regrets A man who never his son A man whose deeds were never
Halloway rises The hall of shattered He up his son and runs with him Across the carnival
Nightshade still upon the Charles and Will help him boy appears saying Mister gone And the of us must give chase
Halloway looks at the young boy He him for what he is Mister Dark made younger by the Power of the
Charles the boy up him close and feels his hatred And with grave Lets his heart fill with for his and his son And returns the hate with this love and it courses Dark's body And he withers and
As the carnival disappears The three of spring laughing back to Two and one middle-aged man No longer quite so old as he
Far but much too close for comfort Far but much too close for comfort