A7Look (x02020@1)at our reflections in the water
Making ripples, taking a drink
           D7We (xx0212@1)used to come here when we were schoolboys
                                                   A7This (x02020@1)ole water hole look like it's changed much to you?
                 D7Do (xx0212@1)you think the Lady of the Lake would even remember
                              A7The (x02020@1)battles we staged for her favor? 
         A7Do (x02020@1)you remember it got so dark and late
                                                   A7We (x02020@1)had to start the games the next morning just to save her
         ELeave (022100@1)it all for the crack and whistle
       F (133211@1)                       A7Of (x02020@1)the carnival train headed for town

              ANow (x02220@1)there are children buying candy
Young girls talking all 'bout love & hate
     DBoys (xx0232@1)spin from the high ride
AOld (x02220@1)man coming home late
D#D        D# (x43121@3)DOutside (xx0232@1)the woodshed
D#D                      D# (x43121@3)DWondering (xx0232@1)what he's gonna say
A (x02220@1)                                GMom's (320003@1)been asleep listening to the short waves
             Riff (see below)
Hanging onto magazines from far away

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              A7Look (x02020@1)at our reflections in the mirror
Long and big and short and small
     D7This (xx0212@1)funhouse gonna distort and shake
                                     A7Worlds (x02020@1)we might really never know at all
    D7You (xx0212@1)think if we keep coming back
                                          A7The (x02020@1)carnival stay on the edge of town for keeps?
          D7 (xx0212@1)                                     A7When (x02020@1)everybody be happy, we all be laughing in the streets
      ENo, (022100@1)I couldn't conjure up a sadder sound
         F (133211@1)                                  A7Than (x02020@1)the crack and whistle headed for another town

AChickens (x02220@1)don't know what bit 'em
The cousin of the little snake boy
    DThe (xx0232@1)twins there look like spacemen
        AAnd (x02220@1)the ponies look like toys
D#D                   D# (x43121@3)DPeekin' (xx0232@1)underneath the sideshow tent
     D#D        D#D
Like looking for monsters 'neath the bed
A (x02220@1)                      GJunior's (320003@1)running home to mama
           Riff
I heard he won't come back here this year again

    AThe (x02220@1)children line up for candy
Young girls whisper all about love & hate
        DAnd (xx0232@1)the boys tell glory stories
                        AJobs (x02220@1)and school started late
DCarnival's (xx0232@1)packed and gone
                                                       A (x02220@1)   
Ahead of the names and the fames and the names and the rains (?)
        A (x02220@1)              GMom (320003@1)and dad didn't go to bed last night
          Riff
They were out there playing out by the lake

See everybody knows they're home
Everybody knows they're home
Everybody knows they're home
Everybody knows they're home
So sit back, and learn, and learn
Play a slide trombone