Well the boys begin to circle round in the gathering snow They lye in wait to pick the meat from our bones God damned, god damned this travelin show Matter fact I'm letting go My tight rope's undone I'm fallin free with the setting sun Yeah its the safest I have felt God damn I dont need no one playing the heroine This time around Been gone thirty days The tents go up today near nashville Where I'll meet a guy Who come all the way from indiana He's got a bag, of the one thing that numbs my pain And I wilt away, still to me its just the same Well I sold my soul to the carnivale My farewell to the flesh And I aint seen anything cept for dolor and decay Six years have passed me by