Jimmy Buffett - Carnival World

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Song Lyrics

Carnival World
By: Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Jay Oliver
1989
My father always said that there`s no free ride
You`ve got to make a sacrifice
So many prophets on the Lord`s side
Even your soul has got a price
But talk is cheap
It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax man`s knockin` on your door

Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world

Too many hawkers on this travelin` show
Everybody`s got somethin` to sell
Bootleg Swatches, cardboard Gucci gear
Watch your step at the wishing well

But talk is cheap
It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax man`s knockin` on your door

Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
`Fore it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world

What`s mine is mine
If it`s only one thin dime
My cash was always meant to flow

Chorus:
Spend it while you can
Money`s contraband
You can`t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before it`s taken from your hand
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world
There`s no free ride in this carnival world

There`s no free ride
There`s no free ride
There`s no free ride

Release History

1989

Off To See The Lizard

1. Carnival World (3:56)
2. Take Another Road (3:40)
3. That's My Story And I'm Stickin' to It (4:23)
4. Why The Things We Do (3:57)
5. Gravity Storm (2:49)
6. Off to See The Lizard (4:12)
7. Boomerang Love (5:18)
8. Strange Bird (4:19)
9. I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever (5:18)
10. The Pascagoula Run (3:18)
11. Mermaid in The Night (2:27)
12. Changing Channels (3:29)