A rare sensuality – Natalie Merchant in “Carnival” – Lyrics : ” I’ve walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Make up on their faces
Actors took their
Places next to me
I’ve walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors and the dealers
They crowded around me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?
I’ve walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond markets
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me
I’ve walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?
Have I been wrong
Have I been wise
To shut my eyes
And play along
Hypnotized
Paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen?
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside my self and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized.
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that carnival?” – Live, Neil Simon Theatre, New York, 1999.- Album : Tigerlily, 1995.
Natalie Merchant : Carnival Natalie Merchant : Tigerlily : San Andreas Fault 3:57
Wonder 4:26
Beloved Wife 5:03
River 5:32
Carnival 5:59
I May Know the Word 8:07
The Letter 2:12
Cowboy Romance 4:39
Jealousy 2:41
Where I Go 3:59
Seven Years 5:31 -
« Ophelia », 1998 : “Ophelia” 5:10
“Life is Sweet” 5:12
Kind and generous 4:07
“Frozen Charlotte” 5:23
My skin 5:30
“Break Your Heart” 4:47
“King of May” 4:09
“Thick as Thieves” 6:57
“Effigy” 2:30
“The Living” 3:18
“When They Ring the Golden Bells / Ophelia (Reprise)” 9:33
Natalie Merchant – Live in concert, 1999 : “Wonder”
“San Andreas Fault”
“Beloved Wife”
Space oddity
“Carnival”
“Dust Bowl”
After the gold rush
“Gun Shy”
“The Gulf of Araby”
“Ophelia”
“Seven Years”
“These are days”
Motherland, 2001 :
“This House Is on Fire” 4:42
“Motherland” 4:44
“Saint Judas” 5:44
“Put the Law on You” 5:01
Build a levee” 4:46
“Golden Boy” 4:10
Henry Darger 4:24
“The Worst Thing” 5:46
“Tell Yourself” 5:14
4:31 Just cant last
“Not in This Life” 5:22
“I’m Not Gonna Beg” 3:40
« The house carpenter daughters “, 2003 :
“Sally Ann” (Jeff Claus/Judy Hyman/Dirk Powell) 5:47
Which side are you on ? (Florence Reece) 5:02
“Crazy Man Michael” 5:12
“Diver Boy”) 4:45
“Weeping Pilgrim” (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 4:11
“Soldier, Soldier” (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 3:43
“Bury Me under the Weeping Willow”) 3:20
House carpenter (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 6:00
“Owensboro” (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 4:21
“Down on Penny’s Farm” (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 3:41
“Poor Wayfaring Stranger” (traditional, arranged by Natalie Merchant) 4:17 – 10,000 Maniacs -
10000 Maniacs, Patti Smith, Because the night – These are days, Dust bowl, Peace train, Verdi cries, Natalie Merchant in Carnival. The Beatles : Nowhere man, by Natalie Merchant and 10 000 Maniacs – Carnival, by Natalie Merchant.
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This is a music video (Natalie Merchant’s song “My Skin”) I made for a college project. I enjoyed both shooting and editing the video. I wanted to convey the sadness, and haunting atmosphere that I felt from the song. To clarify- the song is sung by Natalie Merchant and the actress is not Natalie Merchant. One other thing, since this comes up quite often, yes the lip syncing is off but there is nothing I can do about it since the actress did not know the words to the song, nor took the time to learn them.
Ooh, jealousy
Beloved Wife
Live Performance
My Skin by Natalie Merchant
On Late Night with Jonathan Ross early 1990’s
