Meadowlands Fair

A Tuesday night at the Meadowlands Fair

A two-headed duck, the sign says it’s rare

It’s got to be a fake, cheap thrills for a buck

My sister, the optimist, sees two bills for one…

she sure is smart

I lost her last Friday near the penny arcade

I won a monkey, the Tilt-a-Whirl screams

Alone in the crowd, I called my father, he calls the Sheriff

A search party sounds fun...I can tell you they’re not

Carnivals and fairgrounds, gather up the bloodhounds

Sniffing out that bastard that broke my mother’s heart

Funnel cakes and corndogs, they just lead to hard hearts

Waiting for the news that’s bound to make it want to stop

11:53 PM

they must have found something, this place is riddled with sin

The Gravitron sits still, the Ferris Wheel just rocks

I guess they’re all scared to move, I know I am

while the arcade games are dark

Carnivals and fairgrounds, gather up the bloodhounds

Sniffing out that bastard that broke my mother’s heart

Funnel cakes and corndogs, they just lead to hard hearts

Waiting for the news that’s bound to make it want to stop

Well, they called my mother over, 

I watch tears cascade from her eyes

My father took her hand 

and led her away from the rides

Oh the car ride home was silent 

but I swear I heard them screaming

A Tuesday night at the Meadowlands Fair

That two-headed duck, they found her in there

It’s gotta be a fake, that can’t be my sister

Who’s the optimist now...she sure was smart

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