Chorus: 
      F5 
        We've stayed too long,much too long at the fair 
                                        C5 
        The sweet cotton candy smell of love has left the air 
 
        They're tearing down the happy rides and they'll move 'em God knows where 
 
        We're standing here alone and the laughter is all gone 
                                           F5 
        I think we stayed too long at the fair 
 
Verse 1: 
      F5                       
        Only fools and little children refuse to realize 
                                                           C5    
        That a fairground's painted lanterns are just lights in your eyes 
 
        The ferris wheels and roller coaster rides they all have to end 
                                                       F5 
        And everybody has to come back down to earth again 
 
Chorus. 
 
Verse 2:(four tones higher)  
      D5 
        We thought that big calliope would never end its song 
                                                                 A5 
        But we should have known that a merry-go-round can only turn so long 
 
        I guess we just weren't ready for the carnival to end 
                                                                       A5   
        So we stood there frightened and alone when the real world set in 
 
Chorus bis:(half a tone higher) 
      E5 
        We've stayed too long,much too long at the fair 
                                         B5  
        The sweet cotton candy smell of love has left the air 
 
        They're tearing down the happy rides and they'll move 'em God knows where 
 
        We're standing here alone and the laughter is all gone 
                                           E5 
        I think we stayed too long at the fair