Electric Light Orchestra The Skeleton And The Roundabout Lyrics

The Skeleton And The Roundabout Lyrics

Climb aboard my roundabout
 Climb aboard my roundabout
 I am the fairground man at heart
 I run the roundabout this part
 I fill this fair but custom have I none

 I turn the handle round so fast it makes my elbow ache
 Nobody seems to care
 No-one rides upon my roundabout no longer anymore
 Oh what a horrid fair!

  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout

 Money there is none - I`m thinner than a skeleton
 
 But wait a minute, I`m so thin
 That all these aches and pains could be a chance for me
 I could be a horror or a ghost in a ghost train
 I think I`ll go and see
 
 I meet the man who runs the ghost train
 He says, "You`re just great!
 I`ll pay you top class wages
 If you`ll just hang from this gate"
 
 A year is passing lots of food and money come my way
 Oh lucky man am I
 But who`s this telling me, "You`re fired!
 You`re much too fat to be a ghost, be on your way!"
 So here I am
 
  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout
  Climb aboard my roundabout