Carnival

Well

I've walked these streets

A virtual stage

it seemed to me

Makeup on their faces

Actors took their places next to me

I've walked these streets

In a carnival of sights to see

All the cheap thrill seekers

vendors

and the dealers

They crowded around me

Have I been blind?

have I been lost inside myself and my own mind?

Hypnotized

mesmerized

By what my eyes have seen

I've walked these streets

In a spectacle of wealth and poverty

In the diamond markets

the scarlet welcome carpet

That they just rolled out for me

And I've walked these streets

In the madhouse asylum

they can be

Where a wild-eyed misfit prophet

On a traffic island stopped

and he raved of saving me

Have I been blind?

have I been lost inside myself and my own mind?

Hypnotized

mesmerized

By what my eyes have seen

Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along?

Hypnotized

paralyzed

By what my eyes have found

By what my eyes have seen

What they have seen…

Have I been blind? (blind)

Have I been lost? (lost)

Have I been wrong? (have I been wrong?)

Have I been wise? (have I been wise?)

Have I been strong?

Have I been hypnotized

mesmerized

By what my eyes have found? (by what my eyes have found)

In that great street carnival (carnival)

Have I been blind? (blind)

Have I been lost? (lost)

Have I been wrong? (have I been wrong?)

Have I been wise? (have I been wise?)

Have I been strong?

Have I been hypnotized

mesmerized

By what my eyes have found? (by what my eyes have found)

In that great street carnival (carnival)

In that carnival…