When the Carnival Comes to Town

Intro
The Midway lights
Are blazing bright
In the empty darkness
On the edge of night
Calling you in . . .
Calling you in.
Can you hear the music?
Can you taste the wares?
Can you feel the magic
As it fills the air?
When the carnival comes to town . . .

Cotton candy and a cinnamon swirl
Peep show ladies and a snakeskin girl
A merry-go-round and a ferris wheel
Going nowhere fast on a circle of steel
So lay down your money, let the wager ride
It’s a House of Mirrors for the starry-eyed
You turn and turn, until you start to spin
It’s heads you lose, tails they win
When the carnival comes to town

Step on up, boy, have a ball
Do your best to make the tin cans fall
It’s only money, so what the hell
You can win a prize if you can ring that bell
A roulette wheel or a toss of the dice
You pick your poison and you pay the price
You can’t decide, but you’ve got to choose
It’s heads they win, tails you lose
When the carnival comes to town

When the carnival . . . comes . . . to . . town . . .