Timothy Charles Buckley III(February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock, in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. Buckley often regarded his voice - which spanned up to five and a half octaves by some accounts - as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums , , and . He was the father of singer Jeff Buckley, also known for his three-and-a-half octave voice, who died in 1997.
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Carnival Song Lyrics
Tim Buckley
The singer cries for peoples lies
He will sing for the day to bring him night
The circus burns in carnival flame
And for a while you wont know my name at all
But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold
The juggling clown smiles to me
And every frown we agree is glad
The nighttime comes to bring the bums
From bowery heat to crimson streets of wine
But magic lands will never touch our sands
Your children smile in single file
They learn mistakes that others make
They see although they cannot know
The needs theyll need to have their greed grow wild
But dance and sing, for others bring the shame
And for a while you wont know my name