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I: Arrivals]
October's a month for boys life is simple, pure and sweet And the foolish can overlook The wolf the door
Come hear a tale of And one not long past Jim and Will Halloway Would never be so young anymore
Fury, the seller of lightning rods, the coming storm The light's on in the library, the black'ning sky Charles Halloway sits 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 afire send them straight to Hell
[Part II:
Far away, but much too close for calliope is playing Halloway sits in the library dark thoughts Son at home he doesn't really years seems so very old Throws the carnival's ad in the Flames higher
Long midnight, children awake Journeys await them, chances to Run through the streets to the grounds to ride the merry-go-round
Three AM is midnight for the Never is a man so close to The of temptation is at hand 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 a whisper, hardly a sound Thinking that alone, but they're not Gloved hands encircle, now they are
[Part III: The
Late night the boys returned the carousel spin 'round Turning old man young Bringing to town
turns and turns Years can scorch and time can Dark's accomplice, age Now a boy accursed
Jim and stumble in To this world of sin Forward spins the ages, dies and goes to hell
Mister knows at once That the boys have seen too As they call for the He and the wait For their plan to be
Boys with the law Try to them what they saw The witch throws her and the old, dead man to come to life again
The ruse has worked, no one the Tales of the boys have seen The witch eyes; they fear her most; She them a "short sad life for both!"
[Part IV:
Late night the witch takes to the sky above the town Searching for the boys who know the of the carousel A black parade of circus freaks, and led by Dark, Scours street for the boys to drag them down to hell
The boys have seen too And now their death will be 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 that night inside the town's old Circled by and evil books Scouring for any hint of knowledge. Charles, Jim and
A son who doesn't know his dad Suddenly he wishes he had As he sees that old lonely man Could be they the only they have
The Carnival has been here many Its history is found the lines by every forty years or so Since more than two hundred ago
They feast upon the and fears of men Promise you just what you want and When they're through they'll steal your very Entomb you in their
And as the church rings They hear the door The boys hide for lives As Mister arrives
VI: Temptations]
Tearing at his To a second chance 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 he wants the most
Dark Crushes Charles' And the witch to give the man A taste of death
(old man) Hear breathing (old man) Feel your (old man) See bleeding (old man) Stop your
[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), knowing the is now (Striding) purposefully into the (Knowing) he can save them somehow (Mister Dark) leads the boys the streets (Will to be) made into a toy for (Nightshade) to be his for life (After the) over tonight (Carnival): one last to see (Shoot the witch): who cannot die (Mister Dark) out over the crowd for a (Volunteer): to give it a try
(Halloway) calls out deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) cannot his eyes (Halloway) his hand picks up the gun (To steady it) he calls for the of his son
[Part Departures]
Far away, trapped in the mirror The town calls his name And Will awakes the The dust witch placed upon his
father and son as one As Mister Dark gives the bullet and Charles into a crescent moon
Mister Dark stares at the He doesn't yet under The meaning of what has done So he let's the proceed
But the moon he isn't a moon at all It's his the bullet carries And totem finds it's way To the heart
The gun and the Witch this and now is dead!
spreads, and Charles and Will Run to the to rescue Jim walks in Confronted by reflections of a ancient men Staring back and making him A lifetime of regrets A man who knew his son A man whose were never done
rises from The hall of mirrors He picks up his son and runs him the carnival grounds
Nightshade still the carousel Charles and Will him down Another boy appears Dark's gone And the four of us must chase
Halloway at the strange young boy He sees him for he is Mister Dark younger again by the of the carousel
Charles the boy up him close and feels his hatred And grave determination Lets his heart fill love for his and his son And returns the hate with this love and it courses Dark's body And he and dies
As the carnival tents The three of spring back to town Two and one middle-aged man No longer so old as he thought
Far away but too close for comfort Far but much too close for comfort