Fairground

[Verse 1]

As the signs outside proclaimed

Nature sometimes makes mistake

Was it the mother or the father to blame

Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?

As the signs outside proclaimed

Nature sometimes makes mistake

Was it the mother or the father to blame

Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?

[Pre-Chorus]

Won't you come with me to the fairground?

Your head

Will be spinning

I said your head

Is your feet

[Chorus]

And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

The man has come between us, his cheeks rattle like a fence

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

[Verse 2]

I sought shelter from the storm in a small inn by the coast

In the children's room three identical sisters sat

Except for the one who was hideously deformed

Her grotesque features seemed to parody her sisters' beauty

Ridiculing and mocking everything I held dear

[Pre-Chorus]

Won't you come with me to the fairground?

Your head

Will be spinning

I said your head

Is your feet

[Chorus]

And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

The man has come between us

His cheeks rattle like a fence

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

[Verse 3]

The fish-eyed fetus floated blankly in the yellowed waters, still as wax

The man came between us

My sister and I

Ridiculing and parodying everything we held dear

Making a mockery of our former emotions

Dragging it all down to his level

[Pre-Chorus]

Won't you come with me to the fairground?

Your head

Will be spinning

[Chorus]

And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

The man has come between us, his cheeks rattle like a fence

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh

(Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

[Interlude: Russell Senior & Jarvis Cocker]

And then we went for rides

Roll up, roll up, nice rides

Come on, spin those cars boys and make the girls scream!

The louder you scream the faster we go!

Come on, roll up, go on, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls

For the ride of a lifetime

There's plenty of seats, come on, don't be shy!

Roll up, come on, come on!

[Instrumental Chorus]

*shrieking and wailing laughter*

[Outro]

And then we went for rides