Sundown, sundown

They're taking all the tents down

Where have you gone, my handsome Billy?

Sundown, sundown

The carnival train's leaving town

Where are you now, my darling Billy?

We won't be dancing together on the high wire

Facing the lions with you at my side anymore

We won't be breathing the smoke and the fire

On the midway

Hanging from the trapeze, my wrists waiting for your wrists

Two daredevils high upon the wall of death

You throwing the knife that lands inches from my heart

Sundown

Moonrise, moonrise

The light that was in your eyes has gone away

Daybreak, daybreak

The thing in you that made me ache has gone to stay

We'll be riding the train without you tonight

The train that keeps on moving, its black smoke scorching the evening sky

A million stars shining above us like every soul living and dead

Has been gathered together by a God to sing a hymn over your bones

Sundown, sundown

Empty are the fairgrounds

Where are you now, my handsome Billy?