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a night at the carnival

by LOVERBOY

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1.
Fools 05:34
he is a boy, he's love in a voice, he's blonde, thinkin he's so cool I am alone, I'm fucked in the bones, I'm fucked on the phone with you OOoooooooooooooooooooo she is alive, she's light in her eyes, she's flesh not divine, I'm sure we're two scamps, we're joined at the hands, we're Lost in the Carnival OOoooOOoOOOooooOOoooo do you feel that? we're fools, my darlin filthy, lovely fools if you ask me, it's about time that happened, I'm SICK of the FUCKIN ruuuuuuuules OOOOooooooOOOOOooooOOOooOOoOOoooo La da da da da da da da da da da, da dun da Da da da da da da da da da (∞)
2.
Snake Lady 04:25
you look so different without your teeth YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT WITHOUT YOUR TEETH WE ENTER THE TENT, CRUSHIN LEAVES & YOUR FACE IS OLD & TATTERED BUT DARLIN IT DON'T MATTER YOU'RE STILL THAT GIRL TO ME OH I SEE CRYSTAL EYES GLOWIN FREE & I'VE MET YOU BEFORE, HAVEN'T I? I THINK IT WAS TONIGHT OH, HOLD ME DOLL I'M FRIGHTENED HOLD ME WHILE YOU'RE DYIN & you love drugs more than you love me, don't you? but you love me don't you, Snake Lady? yeah you love drugs more than you love me, don't you? but you love me don't you, Snake Lady? oooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooo NOW YOU'RE CRADLED IN MY ARMS, UNSEEMLY DID YOU COME BACK TO SEE ME? I LOVE YOU, MY DARLING I'M SMILING SO WIDE I'M YOUR BOY OH BABY, COME KISS ME I DON'T MIND THE HISSSSING ROMANIAN GYPSY BE MY SERPENTINE SNAKE LADY & you love drugs more than you love me, don't you? but you love me don't you, Snake Lady? yeah you love drugs more than you love me, don't you? but you love me don't you, Snake Lady? YOU LOVE DRUUUUGS MORE THAN YOU LOVE ME, DON'T YOU? BUT YOU LOVE ME DON'T YOU, SNAKE LADY? YEAH YOU LOVE DRUUUGS! MORE THAN YOU LOVE ME, DON'T YOU? BUT YOU LOVE ME DON'T YOUUUUUUUUUU? ... Snake Ladyyyyyyyyyyyyy my sweet honey babyyyyyyyyyyyyy my thin little ladyyyyyyyyyyyy I'll tuck you inside me you can die in there if you'd like & my hands will ignite stay as long as you like we can dance in the fire maybe meet in the light all frozen in time
3.
it's amazing how you look at me a baby far as I can see, but maybe there's some tragedy upon us we're wild & we're free all traipsin through the leaves & I'm dreamin you're with me, are you there? (ah) do you see the smoke a-risin? the ancient gold horizons the diamonds in your eyes & my teeth? there's electric in the air we're floatin in the tear & I'll guide you through the fair, follow me! hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm the lights are swirling, flittering I'm all jacked up & jittery that smirk of yours is sickening (just so you know) my thoughts are twirling, tumbling my bleedin heart is mumbling & in case you were wondering this is the show! singin la da di di die di dum & tappin on my kettledrum I know you probly think it's dumb, don't you? but the Babylove is flowin there's no knowin where I'm goin but I'm hopin that it's in the dark with you HAVIN SO MUCH FUN WITH YOUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAVIN SO MUCH FUN WITH YOUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STUMBLING NEARER TO THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS THE PIPER IS WAITING FOR TWO LAUGHTER & TEARS THERE AIN'T NOTHIN TO FEAR HAVIN SO MUCH FUN WITH YOU we're talkin to some racist who says that he's not racist but I think he's kinda racist, don't you? we're being born together, our limbs are long & tethered to the hole that we are falling far into OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I take you to the carnival it smells like ash & vomit, oh it fucks me up forever hope you're happy doll the Wolfboy in the rosary the Lateman sing the eulogy & I am in a room all alone The Piper stands a-grinning he's a-waitin at beginning & he'd like to take us into Swirly Unknown the mirrors are so seeming like fractions of the evening in glass shattered all cross the floor I'm crafting silly melodies the music is distracting me distracting from the fact that you're gone oh no da da da da da da da da da da da da dun da da da da da da da da da da da da (∞)
4.
SMOKE 02:37
I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, DARLIN I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, DARLIN YEAH YOU NEED THE FIRE, DARLIN I'LL GIVE YOU LIGHT, DARLIN BLOW SMOKE IN MY EYES, DARLIN FOLD INTO MY SPINE, DARLIN HOLD ONTO THE FIRE, DARLIN
5.
Carousel 05:59
Libertine I am emitting in the darkness can you hear me I am lost & I keep looking at my watch but every time I do it's ticking out of control now I know that I'm to meet you here but I'm afraid that that was years ago if you ever find the time for us to be each other's please just let me know & I AM THE CLOWN THIS TIME & I WILL SURRENDER MY EYES IT'S ALL GONNA BE JUST FINE SAID THE LATEMAN TO LIBERTINE & we are so alive! in the carousel ride all frozen in time my dear all drenched in the light hold onto my eyes that moment in time is crystalline & I AM THE CLOWN THIS TIME & I WILL IGNITE MY EYES BABY I'LL BE JUST FINE BUT THE LATEMAN IS CRYING & I am missing you a year from now & we are frozen in the carousel Libertine oh no I'm ticking out of control I'm ticking & tocking & I am not stopping & I have nowhere to go Libertine oh no The Lateman is losin his soul I'm reaching to grab you but I cannot have you you are years ago ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooooo & I AM THE CLOWN THIS TIME & I WILL ABANDON MY EYES & I WILL ABANDON MY MIND WE ALL GOTTA DIE SOMETIME MIGHT AS WELL BE TONIGHT! & I AM THE CLOWN THIS TIME THROW MY WATCH TO THE SKIES LIFE IS A CAROUSEL RIDE SO LIBERTINE, DON'T YOU CRY! I'm here in this field all alone the carnies have all gone home ohhhh Libertine where you gone? I miss my light
6.
little monkey in my eyes floatin in formaldehyde inside the tent where you & I are lovely lovely in the amber skies foamy water in my eyes eyes full of formaldehyde I'm floating while he's sinking into the tar he's trapped in a jar I wish I could save him but he's not alive anymore he's flesh & formaldehyde & the spectators come from near & far he's trapped in a jar I wish I could save him but he's not alive anymore he's bones & formaldehyde trippy clown all shook & scared shudderin in the midnight air he's laughin at the sky the sky is crying crying siamese boys stumble the crowd can barely make a mumble the crowd is sound & teeth & I am flying little monkey in my heart & although we are worlds apart he's always on my mind & he is shouting Little Monkey Named Void, he's cradled inside he's tryin to fly & I am here for him & he'd never felt so alive he's life & he's life & he's life he got stole by some hoodlum, through circus she roams she'll give him a home & I will not be there & soon he won't be so alone he's flesh & he's bone & he's bone & he's bone elephants wrapped in rapture alive sweet baby, please unfold inside the gods are all in line the void is smiling falling deep in chasm so wide swirling round in space & time I'm trying to meet you there oh god I'm trying teeth & sound & ash & eyes floating light in sable skies crashing all in time tonight together mama hold your boy so tight baptize him in formaldehyde love him, We are All the Light Forever & I know mama loves her boy sweet little void but god he ain't movin I wish I could hold him in joy it's all that I all that I want & he's sinking into the stars he's fucked in his heart & I am not with him come, boy open your arms open your arms to me
7.
LIGHT 17:04
there are lots
8.
Sunflower 07:30
how'd we get here baby? the sun's risin up how have you been lately? I been A-OK I want the wind to take me I want the light oh, I want the smoke inside me oh, I'm alive I've been tryna live with ease I've got a newfound love for trees & I'm the lion boy you knew but now with roses inbetween we may not see the signs or all the plans of the Divine but that's fine I'll see you again sometime Sunflower I remember you, lady you weren't too large you always had my teeth you kept them snugly in a jar I never got to eat OOOOOh I miss your hands, sweet darlin I miss your hands I miss your smirking mouth you fuck I want to dance with you again but now you're floatin on the breeze & I can't own you ooo, I wouldn't try but darlin don't you ooo feel inside that you & I were meant to fly at least one night? ooo at least one night, at least one night ooooooo at least one night ooooooo at least one night Sunflower there's been somethin I've realized since you gone away that I don't love you yet darlin, but I hope to someday this is for you, you know it's for me too I'm closin down the show I've got love to be & life to do oh, crawl thru my window sometime oh anytime you feel the light I'll be the loverboy to your vampire witch hope you been causin trouble hope you been breathin that sweet sweet air hope you rose out from the rubble hope you been bloomin out everywhere I care for you Luna, I will forever still. but I'm doin me in the meantime, it's chill Sunflower Sunflower Well we haven't met yet but the circus in sight & I don't love you yet darlin, but I will one night

credits

released August 9, 2018

written by Hunter Terrell
produced by Jon Horton
music by Hunter Terrell & Jon Horton
audio engineering by Jon Horton
vocals by Hunter Terrell
accordion by Ralph Frederickson
cello by Mark Fretheim
tenor saxophone by Garrett Shaw
french horn by Randy Fust
flute by Zoey Carr
bass clarinet by Lars Miles
tuba by Justin S. MacDonald (Duke)
trumpet by Chris Rice
everything else by Jon Horton
stray instruments by Hunter Terrell

SPECIAL THANKS!
Basil Solomon
Andrew Levin
Jeff Kincade
Jeff Carson
Deltona High School
Dead Lizard Brewing Company
Freesound.org
Evan Reese of Freesound.org

the lovely strangers Gillian Ryan & Madeleine Jane, who gave their voices to this album, who saved me

& my family & friends whom I love so much

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