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The soundtrack's first blues track. A classic Mississippi Delta blues song performed at the carnival by the bluesman Dixon meets in Las Vegas and invites to take the stage — wild gratitude turned into a showman's anthem, sung by one of the people who helped wish it into being. Live edition, performed at the carnival in front of twenty-five thousand people.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] Two days to make a room into something nobody's ever seen Mister Dixon givin' me a chance to get up and be heard Rounding up the performers It's a big Las Vegas stir Wake them up, get 'em here, get 'em in the door We gonna wake the dead to land it Let's make it big tonight y'all [Chorus] Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Welcome to the carnival of everything Welcome to the carnival of everything [Verse 2] Fire and silk and feathers, motion in the air Wheels and wings and noise and lights everywhere A wild thing we built out of nothing at all You couldn't plan it Had to wish it into being [Chorus] Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Welcome to the carnival of everything Welcome to the carnival of everything [Bridge] Somebody worked the phones, somebody lit the fires Somebody drew the lines, somebody made it real Just two days building thin air into a storm Working from nothin' Now you're here to see it all [Guitar solo] [Final Chorus] Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Hand on a stranger's shoulder — "are you seeing this?" Welcome to the carnival of everything Welcome to the carnival of everything [Outro] It's the most amazing thing we did here. We did it y'all. Yes we did. [Guitar closes solo]