Carousels

[Verse 1]

On a bus ride into town (Jesus remember me)

I wondered out loud (When you come to your kingdom)

"Why am I going to town?" As I looked around

(Jesus remember me)

At the billboards and the stores (When you come)

And I thought, "Why do I look around? (Jesus remember me)

And I kissed the filthy ground (When you come to your kingdom)

The first dry spot I found (Jesus remember me)

I didn't have to wonder (When you come)

Why I was laying down

Before long I was too cold, took a bus back to the station

I found a letter left by a pay phone with no return contact

And it read like a horn blown by some sad angel

"Bunny, it was me, it was me who let you down"

It was the shyest attempt I'd ever seen at conversation

[Chorus]

But if I didn't have you as my guide I'd still wander lost in Sinai

And counting the plates of cars from out-of-state

How I could jump in their path as they hurry along

And you surround me, you're pretty, but you're are all I can see

Like a thick fog if there was no way into God

I would never have laid in this grave of a body for so long

[Verse 2]

And St. Cyril's fair always came through

The first week of September

But it's already the 19th

And there's no sign of it, yet I have a hard time

Remembering all the things I should remember

And a hard time forgetting all the things

That I was supposed to forget

And, Christ, when you're ready to come back

And I think I'm ready for you to come back

But if you want to stay wherever exactly it is you are

That's okay too, it's, it's really none of my business

[Chorus]

And if I didn't have you as my guide, I'd still wander lost in Sinai

Or down by the tracks watching trains go by

To remind me there are places that aren't here

And I had a well but all the water left

So I'll go ask your forgiveness with every breath

If there was no way into God

I would never have laid in this grave of a body

So long, dear