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Remember when Little Egypt danced the hootchi-cootchi
And chucked the chin of Samson in a loincloth
Remember the days of the dog-faced boy
And the Live Reptile Show
Where were you when the giant rat blazed in neon on the midway air
And the seductive roller coaster rolled on over adolescent angst
Remember it was called the Wild Chipmunk we all dared each other to ride
Little Egypt and the Circassian amazons
Hercules the strong man
Jo-Jo the Wild Boy
And the scabby snake woman
Exotic pinheads human oddities giants and dwarves
Mannequins telling fortunes impersonating Gypsies
Dressed like Eleanor Roosevelt
And T-shirts with Elvis sold like hot dogs with mustard
As the midway dreams you at midnight walking in fogged out neon
Toward the freak show tent
Remember the endless rows of cheap cotton stuffed animals
Seducing us to win them by ring toss or air rifle shot
Stuffed ourselves with cotton candy
Taunted by carneys dressed as clowns
Who knew we’d never win
Agents in our own amusement sponsors of our deceit
Good natured suckers who knew the bearded lady had hormonal problems
That the Great Whatisit was really a Black sharecropper named Joe Smith
That Elvis dreams on at Graceland He’s Arthur at Avalon
As long as his buttons sell
Remember the carnival beckons the midway dreams us into its life
Seduced to know what the cards say Miss Cleo take a back row seat
Deranged at Coney Island besieged by neon ice cream
And the Live Reptile Show
And chucked the chin of Samson in a loincloth
Remember the days of the dog-faced boy
And the Live Reptile Show
Where were you when the giant rat blazed in neon on the midway air
And the seductive roller coaster rolled on over adolescent angst
Remember it was called the Wild Chipmunk we all dared each other to ride
Little Egypt and the Circassian amazons
Hercules the strong man
Jo-Jo the Wild Boy
And the scabby snake woman
Exotic pinheads human oddities giants and dwarves
Mannequins telling fortunes impersonating Gypsies
Dressed like Eleanor Roosevelt
And T-shirts with Elvis sold like hot dogs with mustard
As the midway dreams you at midnight walking in fogged out neon
Toward the freak show tent
Remember the endless rows of cheap cotton stuffed animals
Seducing us to win them by ring toss or air rifle shot
Stuffed ourselves with cotton candy
Taunted by carneys dressed as clowns
Who knew we’d never win
Agents in our own amusement sponsors of our deceit
Good natured suckers who knew the bearded lady had hormonal problems
That the Great Whatisit was really a Black sharecropper named Joe Smith
That Elvis dreams on at Graceland He’s Arthur at Avalon
As long as his buttons sell
Remember the carnival beckons the midway dreams us into its life
Seduced to know what the cards say Miss Cleo take a back row seat
Deranged at Coney Island besieged by neon ice cream
And the Live Reptile Show