County Fair Lyrics - Life, Death, Love And Freedo - John Mellencamp

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 

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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 asked 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 I hadn't seen in a while 

Through a football through a hoop 

Photos 

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 the 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 would do this to me 

They just might do it to you 

So be careful where you go 

And what you say or do 

Well the County Fair left quite a mess 

In the county yard