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Carney Man

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(carnival background: talking and noise)

I want a big red nose
I want some floppy shoes
I want a squirting flower, squirted on you
Like all the bad clowns do
I wanna juggle bowlin' pins in the sun
I wanna join the circus
The circus looks like fun

I'll sit and work the gate
Or i can guess your weight
I'll even sell the corndogs, i don't care
As long as i am there
I'll hand out baseballs at the dump tank
I'll ride my funny car, (just) a laughin'
All the way to the bank

'Cause i'm a carney man
I'm a carney man
I'm a carney man
I'm a carney man, a carney, carney, a carney hey

A human cannon ball
I'll rise above it all
Up higher than they trapeeze i can fly
Oh (God/shit) i'm gonna die
I am a carney worker, i make two bucks
Every hour come to find out, this job it (really/fucking) sucks

'Cause I'm a carney man
I'm a carney man
I'm a carney man
I'm a carney man, a carney man, a carney hey

You need a corndog i can tell
You need a corndog i can tell
I'm a carney man

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miss Pecan On Jul 22, 2002

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Miss Pecan

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2002-07-22 20:21:55

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by cdor24

24y ago

This band ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by The_Grey_Walrus

21y ago

An odly insightful song

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by BOBCAT

21y ago

NOW HOW DID THIS SONG GET LEFT OFF THE "JOE DIRT" SOUNDTRACK

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by mm_2108

21y ago

lol. This song is the best. "A human cannon ball I'll rise above it all Up higher than they trapeeze i can fly Oh (God/shit) i'm gonna die I am a carney worker, i make two bucks Every hour come to find out, this job it (really/fucking) sucks "

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