Standing alone in the fairground at night,
the world racing past on the streets
Only the stars and the headlights of cars
light the fantasy world while it sleeps
And I looked around but there wasn't
a sound but the cinders under my feet
Candy floss sticks spelled words on
the ground I try to read them in vain
Before it was clear the wind blew my
hair and rephrased the sentence again
I stopped to light
my last cigarette,
the fair was lit up in its glow
I threw it away but the light seemed to
stay like full moonlight shining on snow
And I hardly dared breathe,
I just couldn't believe,
then the music started to flow
Slowly everything started to move,
except me, and I stood quite still
Then came a soft cry near the coconut shire,
who will you take me to ride on the wheel?
And around and around the big wheel went spinning
round and round until I noticed although the
fairground was moving,
the rest of the world stopped still
It was then when I
realized I'd have to get off,
although I would have much rather stayed
Then with a jog the wheel came to a
halt and the music started to fade
I turned off the lights,
went gym,
my head started to spin,
told myself that I wasn't to blame
Looked at the ground, at the candy floss sticks,
now the message was playing
Behind me the wheel and the fairground
was still and outside it was moving again