Beneath my feet,
 I feel the rumble of a subway train
 I laugh out loud,
 'cause it's the one thing I hadn't been trying
 The train came in breathless,
 The passanger's restless
 You say, "Baby, you'll never change"

 You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
 Hey, the world ain't slowing down for no one
 It's a carnival callin out to you
 It sounds like a song,
 Hits you like scripture
 You paint the picture
 With colors squeezed from your hand
 Weren't you the kid
 Who just climbed on the merry-go-round
 Hey look, the world ain't slowing down
 Hey, hey, the world ain't slowing down
 Hey, hey...

 Out on the sidewalk,
 Pigeon's do the moonwalk
 I'll be dancing like Fred Astaire
 The lamppost's are rockin,
 The whole town's talkin
 Like a fool in a barber's chair
 And I get the sensation,
 The joy and fustration
 Like being caught by a tropical rain
 Freedom can numb you,
 When there's no place to run to
 It feels just like Novocane

 You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
 Hey the world ain't slowin down for no one
 It's a carnival callin out to you
 (it's callin out to you)
 It sounds like a song,
 Hits you like scripture
 You paint the picture
 With colors squeezed from your hand
 Weren't you the kid
 Who just climbed on the merry-go-round
 Hey look, the world ain't slowin down
 Hey, hey, the world ain't slowing down
 Hey, hey...

 You packed up all your handbags,
 Throwing off the sandbags
 I let go and you stepped free
 I didn't want to loose you
 You said, "You didn't choose to,
 It's just how your karma came."
 But thanks for the vision,
 And the twenty-twenty wisdom
 It hit me like a south-bound train

 You gotta get gone, you gotta get going
 Hey the world ain't slowin down for no one
 It's a carnival callin out to you
 (it's callin out to you)
 It sounds like a song,
 Hits you like scripture
 You paint the picture
 With colors squeezed from your hand
 Weren't you the kid
 Who just climbed on the merry-go--
 Weren't you the kid
 Who just climbed on the merry-go--
 Weren't you the kid
 Who just climbed on the merry-go-round
 Hey look, the world ain't slowin down
 Hey, hey, the world ain't slowin down
 Hey, hey, it's a big, blue world
 It's a big, blue world
 Ridin' on a big, blue world