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Carnival Girl

from Wayward Son by Paul Handyside

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Taken from the album Wayward Son

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Carnival Girl

Forever she swims in the pools of my mind, something I cannot forget
From the trapeze she arced in the night no harness and no safety net
Enchanting the crowd with her grace and her guile, stopped in my tracks by a strawberry smile
The frame of her face was a black satin curl, when I fell for the carnival girl

She blindfolded me in an old caravan and taught me to open my eyes
Beneath the stars watched the campfires burn until morning we said our goodbyes
Night after night I came to the show but she’d just stared through me and tell me to go
You ignore at your peril her wrath to unfurl when you mess with a carnival girl

But I have tried to get over the pain, tried to recover the reins

Autumn blew winter, winter drew spring, pray for the summer and what it might bring
You can lose track of time when you’re watching her twirl when you’re in love with a carnival girl

But sometimes when she’s lonely she’ll still let me in but ask me to sleep on the floor
Her looks have been fading and her body is weak, she says she can’t swing like before
Maybe stop travelling with all its excess, if she’d settle down she could settle for less
And hang up that dress laced with mother of pearl and stop being the carnival girl
And stop being the carnival girl, and start being my own carnival girl

Written by PAUL HANDYSIDE
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from Wayward Son, released January 27, 2014
PAUL HANDYSIDE: Lead vocal, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, autoharp
ROB TICKELL: Electric guitar
DAVID PORTHOUSE: Double bass, melodeon

Produced. engineered and mixed by ROB TICKELL

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Paul Handyside Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Paul Handyside is a folk and roots singer songwriter, formerly of eighties indie darlings Hurrah! whose songs now fuse pop with folk-tinged americana. The fourth album "Loveless Town" was released in 2021.

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