Carnival - Natalie Merchant

[00:54.17]I've walked these streets
[00:56.59]A virtual stage
[00:59.39]It seemed to me
[01:02.45]Make up on their faces
[01:05.13]Actors took their places next to me
[01:14.62]I've walked these streets
[01:17.49]In a carnival of sight to see
[01:23.34]All the cheap thrill seekers
[01:25.80]The vendors and the dealers
[01:28.00]They crowded around me
[01:35.20]Have I been blind
[01:37.88]Have I been lost
[01:39.88]Inside my self and
[01:41.50]My own mind
[01:43.70]Hypnotized
[01:45.06]Mesmerized
[01:47.20]By what my eyes have seen?
[01:55.84]I've walked these streets
[01:58.09]In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
[02:04.44]In the diamond markets
[02:06.46]The scarlet welcome carpet
[02:09.11]That they just rolled out for me
[02:16.07]I've walked these streets
[02:19.11]In the mad house asylum
[02:21.47]They can be
[02:24.22]Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
[02:26.86]On a traffic island stopped
[02:29.12]And he raved of saving me
[02:36.17]Have I been blind
[02:38.88]Have I been lost
[02:40.83]Inside my self and
[02:42.50]My own mind
[02:44.79]Hypnotized
[02:45.99]Mesmerized
[02:48.40]By what my eyes have seen?
[02:56.47]Have I been wrong
[02:59.14]Have I been wise
[03:01.39]To shut my eyes
[03:03.10]And play along
[03:05.10]Hypnotized
[03:06.46]Paralyzed
[03:08.66]By what my eyes have found
[03:12.68]By what my eyes have seen
[03:19.43]What they have seen?
[04:02.65]Have I been blind
[04:05.36]Have I been lost
[04:11.32]Have I been wrong
[04:13.54]Have I been wise
[04:15.54]Have I been strong
[04:21.18]Have I been hypnotized
[04:22.68]Mesmerized
[04:25.59]By what my eyes have found
[04:31.75]In that great street carnival
[04:44.05]Have I been blind
[04:46.60]Have I been lost
[04:51.80]Have I been wrong
[04:54.05]Have I been wise
[04:56.46]Have I been strong
[05:01.66]Have I been hypnotized
[05:03.32]Mesmerized
[05:06.13]By what my eyes have found
[05:12.79]In that great street carnival
[05:21.50]In that carnival?