County Fair 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

"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 Tonika takin' 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
Threw a football through a hoop