Lyrics to
Carnival

Released by Eric Clapton in 1976
From the Album: No Reason To Cry |

This version of Carnival was released by Eric Clapton in 1976.

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Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival.

You will see, you will see,
What you want to see, exactly what you want to be,
At the carnival, at the carnival, at the carnival.

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival,
To the carnival, to the carnival, to the carnival.

Come with me, come with me.
Come with me, come with me.


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About Lyrics and Carnival by Eric Clapton

The lyrics for Carnival are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Eric Clapton. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Carnival have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Carnival - Eric Clapton and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Carnival by Eric Clapton in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Carnival" means the words set to the music of Carnival, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Carnival and the lyrics to Carnival are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Carnival, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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