July 31 Tip: Watch the video of Natalie Merchant singing her haunting tune, "Carnival"

Watch the video of Natalie Merchant singing her haunting tune, "Carnival"

(The July 31 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_Wqtnlv4U


Here are the lyrics:

I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up 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
The vendors & 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 & poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me 

I've walked these streets
In the mad house 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
Have I been lost
Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
Have I been strong
Have I been
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?