[Verse 1]
If you spend enough cash at the carnival games
You'll have a prize in your hand when you walk away
It'll slip through your fingers and you'll never know
What winning's really like, at all
I stayed here too long, now it's in my soul
And when the thunder rolls, I've got nowhere to go
I keep going round on this carousel
Because it spins me so well
And I'll stay with you just a little while
There's so much for us to see and do
[Pre-Chorus]
But don't mistake this for
An adventure in paradise
Just because the ride looks so good
[Chorus]
Carnival games are so much fun to play
Hard to just walk away from
When all you want are pretty things
But the price you pay is always too much
I'll never dry up these tears
Cried from all the years of playing carnival games
[Verse 2]
