[00:35.73]I wanted the music to play on forever
[00:45.63]Have I stayed too long at the fair?
[00:54.84]I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
[01:00.42]Have I stayed too long at the fair?
[01:11.67]I bought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair,
[01:19.59]But I couldn't find anybody to care;
[01:30.87]The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt now
[01:39.75]Have I stayed too long at the fair?
[01:41.70]The music has stop and the children must go now
[01:58.17]Have I stayed too long at the fair?
[02:06.21]Oh, mother dear,
[02:07.62]I know you're very proud,
[02:09.72]Your little girl in gingham is so far above the crowd;
[02:15.15]No, daddy dear, you never could have known
[02:22.14]That I would be successful, yet so very much alone...
[02:31.50]I wanted to live in a carnival city,
[02:36.42]With laughter and love everywhere;
[02:40.56]I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty,
[02:46.02]I wanted somebody to care;
[02:53.07]I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
[03:00.12]But now I discover them no longer blue...
[03:06.57]The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me,
[03:21.39]Have I stayed too long at the fair?
[03:32.37]There's nothing to win
[03:46.86]And there's no one to want me
[03:47.46]Have I stayed too long at the fair?

I wanted the music to play on forever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I bought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair,
But I couldn't find anybody to care;
The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
The music has stop and the children must go now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
Oh, mother dear,
I know you're very proud,
Your little girl in gingham is so far above the crowd;
No, daddy dear, you never could have known
That I would be successful, yet so very much alone...
I wanted to live in a carnival city,
With laughter and love everywhere;
I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty,
I wanted somebody to care;
I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
But now I discover them no longer blue...
The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me,
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
There's nothing to win
And there's no one to want me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?