(Note: Sing "Ball Is a Carnival" to the tune the The Band's "Life Is a Carnival.) ")
You can walk down the free throw lane, flop in the paint
You can fly off a back board top even if ev'rybody caint
Smash away, smash away, it's the violent age
Look away, look away, you caint feign the rage
Hey, buddy, would you like to get your bell rung cheap
Knocked off your feet
I got chops with each hand and two kicks with my feet
Ball is a carnival, believe it or not
Ball is a carnival, two bits a shot
Saw a Guard with the jinx in the third degree
From trying to steal from people, people you cain't see
Trip away, trip away, in this court of mirrors
Kick away, kick away, fair is just a veneer
We're all on the same court ready to slide off the edge of the
world
Asymmetric old world
The court is a sideshow from the referees to the cherry cheese cake
Ball is a carnival, it's in Big Shoe
Ball is a carnival, its another screw.
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a game real cheap
Here on the street
I got plus six on each team and fast fiber to my seat
Ball is a carnival, believe it or not
Ball is a carnival, two bits a shot
Ball is a carnival
Ball is a carnival
Ball is a carnival
Original Songwriters: ROBERTSON, ROBBIE / HELM, MARK LEVON / DANKO, RICK