Unfairground - Kevin Ayers

It catches fire at midnight

It leaves the room for doubt

But every thing’s so well defined

There’s only one way out

And all the girls are on tonight

The colored wheels all spin

You’re more aware than ever before

You need a prize to win

And all the funfair’s will have one

That is the usual theme

No secret Jack in this box

To help the pain within

Quiet country roads and trees

Birds singing from a cage

You understand you just lost one

You step outside your rage

And what’s left to believe in

The children in the lake?

I didn’t see them go under

Let’s try another take

Pass me the bottle, baby

One day you’ll understand

We almost make the same mistakes

And hold each other’s hands

Take this particular shade of gray

Just for a change I shout

There’s nothing in this fairground

That couldn’t be left out

There isn’t much left to show you

Maybe the tunnel of love

Who knows we’ll be there forever

Just like the stars above