Released on August 13, 1991

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[Intro]

("Hurry hurry, step right up")


[Verse 1]

A carnival for the human race, cotton candy, happy face

A child talking with his mouth full, girlfriend gets stuffed animal

A festive mood is all around, another world is what we've found

Step right up, let's make a deal, "ride the ferris wheel"

You know there's something lurking underneath the shape

With a mask over it's head and make-up on his face

Will Warner Brothers put our record on the shelf?

Take a look in the mirror and see the clown in yourself


[Pre-Chorus]

Spinning, grinning, believing, deceiving

Whirling, twirling, confusing, amusing

Discovery, recovery, inherency, transparency

Fusion, conclusion, reality, fatality


[Chorus]

If you want to know what's behind the show

You'll ride my carousel and enter life's jail cell

Love and blood begin to meld

You've lost the self that you once held

Merry-go-round your head

Awake, asleep, alive, or... dead

("Hey you!")


[Verse 2]

The clown that painted a smile on you is now the one unmasking you

Animated scenes unwind dormant figures come to life

Entangled in your own web a twisted tunnel overhead

A glimpse of light, a drop of dew, you slide into the, into the

Into the, into the swimming pool!


[Verse 3]

A roller coaster ride into the rivers of your mind

The currents merge, your feelings surge, your life's a pantomime

Beauty is the spiral going 'round & 'round the beast

Without the vampire effect the carnival is deceased


[Pre-Chorus]

Spinning, grinning, believing, deceiving

Whirling, twirling, confusing, amusing

Discovery, recovery, inherency, transparency

Fusion, conclusion, reality, fatality


[Chorus]

If you want to know what's behind the show

You'll ride my carousel and enter life's jail cell

Love and blood begin to meld

You've lost the self that you once held

Merry-go-round your head

Awake, asleep, alive, or... dead


[Outro]

("Welcome to my house")

Running, so fun

("Round and round we go")

Roly-Poly, topsy turvy

Hang upside down, fall to the ground

I-I-I think I'm gonna, gonna be sick!

(Gag and puke sounds)

(Laughter)

(Sample of R.B.I. Baseball)