Songwriter: Michael Sembello Don Freeman
Producer: Quincy Jones
[Verse 1]
She's from a world
Of popcorn and candy
Pony rides for a dime
Little children laughing
I'm from a world
Of disappointments and confusions
But I want her to be mine
I started talking
She kept on walking
She disappeared into the crowd
[Chorus]
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Verse 2]
I was the clown
And she was the dancer
We both knew it wouldn't work
But we took our chances
What I can't recall
Is if there was a girl at all
Or was it my imagination?
I still remember
All of those faces
And now all I have is memories
[Chorus]
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Bridge]
Two different people
In love for an instant
To see that the circus came today
Sometimes I can hear the calliope
And I can hear her calling me
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Don't you know?
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Outro]
I lost my heart (lost my heart)
I lost (on the carousel)
I lost my girl (to a circus girl)
Who left my heart in pieces
(Lost my heart) Lost my heart
(On the carousel) Lost my girl
(To a circus girl)
Who ran away
I lost (lost my heart)
I lost my girl (on the carousel)
Ooh, oh, lost, oh, lost (to a circus girl)
I lost
I lost my heart (lost my heart)
I lost (on the carousel)
I lost my girl (to a circus girl)
She's from a world
Of popcorn and candy
Pony rides for a dime
Little children laughing
I'm from a world
Of disappointments and confusions
But I want her to be mine
I started talking
She kept on walking
She disappeared into the crowd
[Chorus]
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Verse 2]
I was the clown
And she was the dancer
We both knew it wouldn't work
But we took our chances
What I can't recall
Is if there was a girl at all
Or was it my imagination?
I still remember
All of those faces
And now all I have is memories
[Chorus]
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Bridge]
Two different people
In love for an instant
To see that the circus came today
Sometimes I can hear the calliope
And I can hear her calling me
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Don't you know?
I lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who left my heart in pieces
Lost my heart
On the carousel
To a circus girl
Who ran away
[Outro]
I lost my heart (lost my heart)
I lost (on the carousel)
I lost my girl (to a circus girl)
Who left my heart in pieces
(Lost my heart) Lost my heart
(On the carousel) Lost my girl
(To a circus girl)
Who ran away
I lost (lost my heart)
I lost my girl (on the carousel)
Ooh, oh, lost, oh, lost (to a circus girl)
I lost
I lost my heart (lost my heart)
I lost (on the carousel)
I lost my girl (to a circus girl)
Thriller 25
- Billie Jean
- Got the Hots
- The Girl Is Mine 2008
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008
- P.Y.T. (Remix 2008)
- Wanna Be Starting Something
- Beat It 2008
- Billie Jean (Original Home Demo 1981)
- Vincent Price Excerpt From Thriller Voice-Over Session
- Voice-Over Intro/Voice-Over Session From Thriller
- Thriller (Instrumental)
- For All Time
- Someone in the Dark
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Human Nature
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Thriller
- The Girl Is Mine
- Beat It
- Billie Jean 2008
- Baby Be Mine
- The Lady in My Life
- Carousel
- Billie Jean (Underground Mix)
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine