"Ball Is a Carnival:" In Honor of the 2015 March Madness Referees



  • (Note: Sing “Ball Is a Carnival” to the tune the The Band’s "Life Is a Carnival.) ")

    You can walk down the free throw lane, flop in the paint

    You can fly off a back board top even if ev’rybody caint

    Smash away, smash away, it’s the violent age

    Look away, look away, you caint feign the rage

    Hey, buddy, would you like to get your bell rung cheap

    Knocked off your feet

    I got chops with each hand and two kicks with my feet

    Ball is a carnival, believe it or not

    Ball is a carnival, two bits a shot

    Saw a Guard with the jinx in the third degree

    From trying to steal from people, people you cain’t see

    Trip away, trip away, in this court of mirrors

    Kick away, kick away, fair is just a veneer

    We’re all on the same court ready to slide off the edge of the world

    Asymmetric old world

    The court is a sideshow from the referees to the cherry cheese cake

    Ball is a carnival, it’s in Big Shoe

    Ball is a carnival, its another screw.

    Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a game real cheap

    Here on the street

    I got plus six on each team and fast fiber to my seat

    Ball is a carnival, believe it or not

    Ball is a carnival, two bits a shot

    Ball is a carnival

    Ball is a carnival

    Ball is a carnival

    Original Songwriters: ROBERTSON, ROBBIE / HELM, MARK LEVON / DANKO, RICK


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