John Mellencamp County Fair Lyrics

County Fair Lyrics

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 ask 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 hadn't seen in a while

Threw 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 that 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 do this to me they might do it to you

So be careful where you go and what you say or do



Oh, the county fair left quite a mess in the county yard