Carousel

Pretty Elaina

My fair lady

She walked the high wire back in the 80's

Feathers and sequins

She shined like a chandelier

Hanging from the top tent rafters

Till the spotlight disappeared

Harlan Giovanni

What a sight to see

The way he earned her trust was on a 20-foot trapeze

She fell so hard because he always let her fly

Till he left her heart suspended

In a cotton candy sky

She still don't know why

Every show must end

Every circus leaves town

You don't know the magic's gone

Until the lights go down

Now she's back in Nacogdoches

And I hear she's doing well

She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

Pretty Elaina

Made herself a nest

Her sequins and her secrets

Buried in her cedar chest

No one around here knows about her other life

Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife

And maybe that's alright

'Cause every show must end

Every circus leaves town

You don't know the magic's gone

Until the lights go down

Now she's back in Nacogdoches

And I hear she's doing well

She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

Smith County Fair

Mid-September

She walks the midway

And smiles when she remembers

Every show must end

Every circus leaves town

I didn't know the magic left

Till all the lights went down

Now I'm back in Nacogdoches

And I swear I'm doing well

I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel

I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel