A5 Look at our reflections in the water Making ripples, taking a drink D5 We used to come here when we were schoolboys A5 This ole water hole look like it's changed much to you? D5 Do you think the Lady of the Lake would even remember A5 The battles we staged for her favor? A5 Do you remember it got so dark and late A5 We had to start the games the next morning just to save her E5 Leave it all for the crack and whistle F5 A5 Of the carnival train headed for town A5 Now there are children buying candy Young girls talking all 'bout love & hate D5 Boys spin from the high ride A5 Old man coming home late D#5 D5 D#5 D5 Outside the woodshed D#5 D5 D#5 D5 Wondering what he's gonna say A5 G5 Mom's been asleep listening to the short waves Riff (see below) Hanging onto magazines from far away Riff: | ------------------------------- | | ------------------------------- | | ---4-5---4-5---4-5---4-5---7--- | | ---4-5---4-5---4-5---4-5---6--- | | ------------------------------- | | ------------------------------- | A5 Look at our reflections in the mirror Long and big and short and small D5 This funhouse gonna distort and shake A5 Worlds we might really never know at all D5 You think if we keep coming back A5 The carnival stay on the edge of town for keeps? D5 A5 When everybody be happy, we all be laughing in the streets E5 No, I couldn't conjure up a sadder sound F5 A5 Than the crack and whistle headed for another town A5 Chickens don't know what bit 'em The cousin of the little snake boy D5 The twins there look like spacemen A5 And the ponies look like toys D#5 D5 D#5 D5 Peekin' underneath the sideshow tent D#5 D5 D#5 D5 Like looking for monsters 'neath the bed A5 G5 Junior's running home to mama Riff I heard he won't come back here this year again A5 The children line up for candy Young girls whisper all about love & hate D5 And the boys tell glory stories A5 Jobs and school started late D5 Carnival's packed and gone A5 Ahead of the names and the fames and the names and the rains (?) A5 G5 Mom 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