Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song County Fair, artist - John Mellencamp. Date of issue: 31.12.2009
Song language: English
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 |