A7 Look at our reflections in the water Making ripples, taking a drink D7 We used to come here when we were schoolboys A7 This ole water hole look like it's changed much to you? D7 Do you think the Lady of the Lake would even remember A7 The battles we staged for her favor? A7 Do you remember it got so dark and late A7 We had to start the games the next morning just to save her E Leave it all for the crack and whistle F A7 Of the carnival train headed for town A Now there are children buying candy Young girls talking all 'bout love & hate D Boys spin from the high ride A Old man coming home late Eb D Eb D Outside the woodshed Eb D Eb D Wondering what he's gonna say A G 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---| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| A7 Look at our reflections in the mirror Long and big and short and small D7 This funhouse gonna distort and shake A7 Worlds we might really never know at all D7 You think if we keep coming back A7 The carnival stay on the edge of town for keeps? D7 A7 When everybody be happy, we all be laughing in the streets E No, I couldn't conjure up a sadder sound F A7 Than the crack and whistle headed for another town A Chickens don't know what bit 'em The cousin of the little snake boy D The twins there look like spacemen A And the ponies look like toys Eb D Eb D Peekin' underneath the sideshow tent Eb D Eb D Like looking for monsters 'neath the bed A G Junior's running home to mama Riff I heard he won't come back here this year again A The children line up for candy Young girls whisper all about love & hate D And the boys tell glory stories A Jobs and school started late D Carnival's packed and gone A Ahead of the names and the fames and the names and the rains (?) A G 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