County Fair

Well the County Fair

Left quite a mess

In the county yard

Kids with eyes

As big as dollars

Rode all the rides

Strip artists

And con artists

Put on quite a show

And made some money

Then left town

Where they went

I don't know

Hey all you suckers

I heard a fat woman say

Come on in for fifty cents

You can stay in here all day

So I took a chance

I went inside

Wasn't much there to see

So I asked her

For my money back

And she just smiled at me

Saw Princess Tonyika

Taken off all her clothes

Rode some rides

And played some games

Saw the Wild Man from Barneo

There was a black man

Playing the blues

Talked to some friends

I hadn't seen in a while

Through a football

Through a hoop

Well I saw

Them loading up their trucks

Taking down the rides

Folding up all the tents

There's a full moon in the sky

Some were laughing

Some were cussing

As they worked

Saw one of them making love

To a local girl

I was minding

My own business

It was quarter after two

When a fella walked up

And said

Hey man

I remember you

And then he shoved me

And pulled out his knife

Stuck me three times

In the chest

And I died that night

For the like of me

I can't remember

Who he was

And why he'd put

A knife in me

In the dusty parking lot

Everybody said

What a shame it was

But he knew better

Than staying out

Past twelve o'clock

Some people put no value

On a human life

And there are places we all go

That just ain't safe at night

If somebody would do this to me

They just might do it to you

So be careful where you go

And what you say or do

Well the County Fair

Left quite a mess

In the county yard