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Fairground Rides

from My Own Way by Philip Jeays

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FAIRGROUND RIDES

Years pass, day by day
Life is short, or so they say
Yet still somehow we seem to find
So much time to throw away

And I have seen the people queue
To taste their fear, to scream out loud
Spinning wheels spinning dreams
Spinning gold from mindless crowds
And up and down and round and round
Oh what a thrill how to decide
Which way to turn, which one to choose
Which waste of time, which fairground ride

Oh but could you live without it
Sometimes the days are hard to fill
Oh what would you do without it
Don’t we all want a little thrill

And I have seen religious men
They stand to sing, they kneel to pray
And some of them, to make it work
All have to face a certain way
Then up and down and round and round
Oh what a thrill how to decide
Which way to turn, which god to choose
Which waste of time, which fairground ride

Oh but could you live without it
Sometimes the days just never end
Oh what would you do without it
Don’t we all want to live again

And I have seen our gilded youth
The future of this land of kings
On friday nights the drinks and fights
Then later on behind the bins
It’s up and down and round and round
Oh what a thrill how to decide
Which way to turn, which way to choose
Which waste of time, which fairground ride

Oh but could you live without it
Sometimes the days go on and on
Oh what would you do without it
Don’t we all want to be James Bond

Oh how could we live without them
The mindless thrills of wasted hours
Oh where would we be without them
Our gods that sit like plastic flowers

Oh what would we do without them
How would we fill the gap inside
Oh where would we be without them
The simple dreams of fairground rides

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from My Own Way, released January 1, 2012

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