STOKESWOOD: Carassia
The Extraordinary Mrs. Crickett
(Broke-Down Carousel or Tales of a Dust-Bowl Debutante)
Adam Patterson: Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
Craig Gendreau: Djembe, Shakers, Bells
Jon Joiner: Drums
Mark Godwin: Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vox
Reed Irvine: Organ, Piano, Vox
Justin Mullinix: Bass
The Extraordinary Mrs. Crickett
(Broke-Down Carousel or Tales of a Dust-Bowl Debutante)
VI/
I hear you calling from Miles away
You’ve seen half the country at three shows a day
Take a Noone from Nowhere
You put her in a poster on my wall
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! It’s Curtain Call!
The Pretty Girl cries if the lights aren’t bright
Enough for the people in the front row to see her
And she’s shaking inside, that she’ll forget her line
But they’ll be at the stage door, and they can’t wait to meet her
Why?
Chorus/
She’s got a little bit of Marilyn
And a voice like Aretha, in her prime
She’s got a little bit of Ellie Mae
And a little bit of nobody’s business but mine
VII/
Why, in a glass house, is it so tempting? To keep throwing rocks
Till the boxes are empty?
And what do we do now, that all of our walls are gone?
Step Right Up Lovely! The Show must go on!
The Pretty Girl…
Chorus/
Bridge/
Come One, Come All! Oh what a Thrill!
The Big Top in lights and your name on the bill
Behind the wheel of a broke-down carousel
Life in my circus is Hell!
Chorus/
Enter All, Doing Whatever They Please