Sundown, sundown   They're taking all the tents down   Where have you gone my handsome Billy?      Sundown, sundown   The carnival trains' left town   WHere are you now my darlin' Billy?      We won't be dancing together on the high wire   Facing the lions with you at my side anymore   We won't be breathin' the smoke and the fire   On the midway      Hangin' from the trapeze my wrists waitin' for your wrists   Two daredevils high upon the wall of death   You throwin' 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 movin'    Its black smoke scorching the evening sky   A million stars shining above us like every soul livin' and dead   Has been gathered together by God to sing a hymn over your bones      Sundown, sundown   Empty are the fairgrounds   Where are you now my handsome Billy?