I love a carnival; lights, music and life. br Sing, sister, sing, br and hand me a dollop of that cotton candy. br I think I'll hang out in the fun house br and wish I were a clown. br How uninhibiting it must be to hide br behind that face paint and just disappear. br Maybe I'll take a turn on the Ferris wheel br and look down on all the lights and the people br and take it all in. br What a sight! what a night! br Japanase lanterns a street dance and tomorrow br is nowhere in sight. br What of the child on the merry-go-round? br All their tomorrows are on the other side of their dismount. br I want to shout at that child...'Be thoughtful! Be careful! Go slow! ' br I toss a ring at a duck and see my hope disappear beneath the water br 'Try your luck with the balls mister? Three balls for a buck.' br And maybe I'll knock the bottles over instead of drink them dry. br Hear the sound, see the lights and smell the grease.