JOHN MELLENCAMP - County Fair lyrics
rate meWell the County Fair<br />
Left quite a mess<br />
In the county yard<br />
Kids with eyes<br />
As big as dollars<br />
Rode all the rides<br />
Strip artists<br />
And con artists<br />
Put on quite a show<br />
And made some money<br />
Then left town<br />
Where they went<br />
I don't know<br />
<br />
Hey all you suckers<br />
I heard a fat woman say<br />
Come on in for fifty cents<br />
You can stay in here all day<br />
So I took a chance<br />
I went inside<br />
Wasn't much there to see<br />
So I asked her<br />
For my money back<br />
And she just smiled at me<br />
<br />
Saw Princess Tonyika<br />
Taken off all her clothes<br />
Rode some rides<br />
And played some games<br />
Saw the Wild Man from Barneo<br />
There was a black man<br />
Playing the blues<br />
Talked to some friends<br />
I hadn't seen in a while<br />
Through a football<br />
Through a hoop<br />
<br />
Well I saw<br />
Them loading up their trucks<br />
Taking down the rides<br />
Folding up all the tents<br />
There's a full moon in the sky<br />
Some were laughing<br />
Some were cussing<br />
As they worked<br />
Saw one of them making love<br />
To a local girl<br />
<br />
I was minding<br />
My own business<br />
It was quarter after two<br />
When a fella walked up<br />
And said<br />
Hey man<br />
I remember you<br />
And then he shoved me<br />
And pulled out his knife<br />
Stuck me three times<br />
In the chest<br />
And I died that night<br />
<br />
For the like of me<br />
I can't remember<br />
Who he was<br />
And why he'd put<br />
A knife in me<br />
In the dusty parking lot<br />
Everybody said<br />
What a shame it was<br />
But he knew better<br />
Than staying out<br />
Past twelve o'clock<br />
<br />
Some people put no value<br />
On a human life<br />
And there are places we all go<br />
That just ain't safe at night<br />
If somebody would do this to me<br />
They just might do it to you<br />
So be careful where you go<br />
And what you say or do<br />
<br />
Well the County Fair<br />
Left quite a mess<br />
In the county yard</
