Well, the drunken clown's still hanging 'round
but it's plain the laughter's all died down
The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowing
And a blind man with his knife in hand
has convinced himself that he understands
I wish him well, Miss Carousel,
but I gotta be a-going
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Well, the lady's been told that all the gold
is worth so much it can't be sold
No time to weep, she'll need her sleep tomorrow
When she carries her face to the market place
and bets it on the opening race
She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel,
but her singing brings me sorrow
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Well, it's always done, every mothers son
is shown that grown men never run
And so they fight with all the might inside them
When the battle's been fought 'n they've all been taught
that the trick is just not being caught
Will you give 'em hell, Miss Carousel,
when they're begging you to hide them
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
When the need arose, your eyes fell closed
You clamped your fingers 'round your nose
Would you say, that's any way to judge him
Well, you haven't got the authority
to kill him in the first degree
But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel,
if you had something to begrudge him
On a velvet beach far beneath the reach
of those who come to pry and preach
The natural man that tried to stand is falling
Well, how long will it be before he sees
you own his legs but his mind is free
Only you can tell, Miss Carousel,
how long will he be crawling
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Ah, the castle wall has grown so tall
Seems there ain't no hope at all
to reach the top even though you stopped for breathing
But I ain't gonna try to make you cry,
the teardrops couldn't find your eyes
It's all been swell, Miss Carousel,
but the time has come for leaving
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Won't you come and get me when
You're sure that you don't need me then
I'll stand outside your window
and proudly call your name
Note: Townes uses hammer-ons during the initial Em and ending C chord.