PAUL METSA

ST. LOUIS COUNTY FAIR

From the album "Whistling Past the Graveyard". Words & Music by Paul Metsa / Paul Metsa Music - BMI.

It was Saturday night at the midway,
a Mardi Gras Midwestern style
I was with my man the Junkboy from Jersey,
a devils cap and Napoleons smile
We had our tea leaves read by Lady Samantha,
she said one of you will fall in love
But the Junkboy had Madame Electra,
she wasnt pretty but she was mighty tough
She said anything it can happen,
anything aint all it appears
Dead men sing their song,
weak men become strong
Pretty women just fly through the air

Chorus:
St. Louis County Fair
St. Louis County Fair
Dead men sing their song,
weak men become strong
Pretty women just fly through the air

It was midnight when I laid eyes upon her,
she was walking down fireworks row
She grabbed me like I knew her forever
as the sky was about to explode
We rolled nickels and we ate cotton candy,
took a ride on the old ferris wheel
And we kissed by the lights of the city
at the top we hung by our heels
Won a black cat at the ring toss,
shot plastic ducks in a pond
Well the first time I kissed her,
I started to miss her
And just in a flash she was gone

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I walked further up the midway,
a barker yelled come on inside
For 10 tickets I will introduce you to a loved one
That was too soon to die
Now who in the world would believe it,
I almost started to cry
There was my Grandma and Grandpa
smiling sweetly, dancing side by side
Young love that never got older,
old love that always stayed young
Old love or new love,
false love or true love,
It just keeps you hanging on

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The next day I went to the fairground
where the carnival lights used to be
You know I might have been dreaming
all I saw was a hobo sleeping under a tree
Then the Junkboy rolled out of the bushes
with a martini wedding ring in his ear
Had a postcard from Lady Samantha
said see you sailors same time next year
True love it never comes easy,
true love aint all that it seems
It may last forever, you can never say never
or youre left with a song and your dreams

Repeat Chorus