Irie Tempo

It's Carnival time again You gotta run around the bend And tell yuh, friend, that Carnival is here again As I would feel yuh Yeah My gosh I've seen Carnival in Rio Mas in Toronto Fiesta in Mexico And I've seen New Orleans Mardi Gras bacchanal But nothing to beat the Trinidad Carnival When yuh hear de tempo De land vibrates with Tempo De island like one big disco Jammin Soca jammin Jammin Calypso Hear dem bass line moving See all dem waistline groovin' Costumes of worth Riddim like dirt It's THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EARTH I've seen New York's greatest actors Hollywood designers And Broadway's great producers But designers and de, actors, and producers in Carnival Broadway doh have gotten over dem at all When yuh hear de tempo De land vibrates with Tempo De Island like one big disco Jammin Soca jammin Jammin Calypso Hear dem bass line movin See all dem waistline groovin Costumes of worth Riddim like dirt It's THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EARTH Hear de baseman playin Pom poo poom poom .poom poom poom poom Prut tu tum tum Eh I've heard tunes by Mantovani, Bach and then Tchaikovsky The great classics of history But on Carnival day I've heard the sweetest harmony Every street corner sound like a symphony When yuh hear de tempo De land vibrates with Tempo De island like one big disco Jammin Soca jammin Jammin Calypso Hear dem bass line movin See all dem waistline groovin Costumes of worth Riddim like dirt It's THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EARTH If yuh see the king ore Persia Or the Czars of Russia Or warriors from Africa Gleaming glittering in gold Rocking to Calypso Takeoff Dey mask one ah dem is a Lord Laro Rocking to de tempo De land vibrate with Tempo De island like one big disco Jammin Soca jammin Jammin Calypso Hear dem bass line movin See all dem waistline groovin Costumes of worth Riddim like dirt It's THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EARTH Tempo tempo De land vibrates with Tempo De island like one big disco Jammin Soca jammin Jammin Calypso Hear dem bass line movin See all dem waistline groovin Costumes of worth Riddim like dirt It's THE GREATEST SHOW ON THE EARTH Some drinking white rum and some drinking cool beer Some having fun on the inside Some havin fun on the Eastern side While some on de Western side as I-would say Place kinda crowded cloudy now People having fun as the night come down as I would feel dis ting It's Carnival time again It's Carnival time again As I would tell you (To be cont'd)