Fairground Lyrics

Let's go down to the fairground Go down side by side Let's remember what life was like When life was a wild ride Let's go down to the fairground Before it's up and gone Get your tight blue jeans out And try to get 'em on Chorus: Let's go down to the fairground Let's go down We can watch the Carneys spin the cars And make the young girls cry They always seem to have bad skin And one lazy eye And one on them's on your money And the others on the floor They gotta keep their noses clean And watch out for the law Chorus Check out that big black guy Who works the Ferris wheel He looks like he's been around Let's ask him how it feels Traveling around from town to town With many a lesson learned Putting up that giant wheel Just to watch that damned thing turn Chorus See that girl in the tattered dress Who runs the Octopus ride She's no more than fourteen And already one inside And every tattoo that's tattood Upon her hide Tells the story of her life A life of pain and pride How her mother used her And left her all alone Her stepdaddy abused her So she ran away from home She set her sights on Hollywood But winded up in Maine Went the wrong direction On a cargo train But hey it ain't too bad now She's movin' on at last She forgot about tomorrow And forgets about the past Chorus Let's go down to the fairground Let's go down my dear Watch those young tow-headed kids Grin from ear to ear Maybe the know something That we forgot about Our lives became so complex We blocked the fun right out Chorus Well the girl who takes the tickets For the ghost train around the back Looks a lot like Courtney Love You know a real class act And I'll bet that that's her boyfriend Who runs the Hoopla stand Maybe he's a genius that no one understands Maybe he's an inventor Clever with his hands Right now he's just small time But he's got big plans Or maybe he's just a shifty guy That's got a violent streak Maybe he's the one who murdered That clown and and got away scott free Chorus Let's go down to the fairground Before it's up and gone Get your tight blue jeans out And try to get 'em on Get 'em on