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Carousel Man by Cher

TRACK

Cher

Carousel Man

Release date: 31st August 1973

From Half‐Breed
Track 6
3:06
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About This Track

"Carousel Man" is a track by Cher, from the album Half‐Breed, released 31st August 1973. The track is 3:06 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Cher

Cher

Lyrics

Carousel Man

I had a taste of bitter life
At sweet sixteen
I was growing up too fast
If you know what I mean

Met an older man
Who taught me his own way to live
And all I had to do to keep him
Was to give and give

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

I followed him around in traveling shows
Along the main county lines
Watching him drinking his mind away
Not ever knowing my name at time

Each night when the show closed down
He used to tell me of his dreams
He was wearing new French suits
While I mended my torn jeans

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

Then one night in Santa Fe
The horses stop going around
There he was my poor rich man
Lying on the Mexico ground

All the sad music of his life
Is still spinning in my mind
The carousel starts up again
And I found my place in life

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

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Track details

From Half‐Breed

3:061973
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Album
Half‐Breed
Half‐Breed
Cher
1st September 1973
Track number
6
Release year
1973
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    3:37
  2. 2Two People Clinging To a Thread
    2:44
  3. 3Half-Breed
    2:48
  4. 4Greatest Song I Ever Heard
    2:51

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  • 5How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
    3:24
  • 6Carousel Man
    3:06
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    3:29
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    4:14
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    John Durrill
    Producer
    Snuff Garrett
    Engineer
    Lenny Roberts
    Arranger
    Al Capps
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