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County Fair Tab

by Bruce Springsteen


County fair-Bruce Springsteen




Every year when summer comes around

They stretch a banner 'cross the main street in town
                                        
You can feel somethin's happenin' in the air


Well, from Carol's house up on Telegraph Hill

You can see the lights going up out in Soldiers Field
                             
Getting ready, for the county fair



County fair, county fair,

Everybody in town'll be there
                                 
So come on, hey we're goin' down there

(hey) Little girl with the long blond hair

Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears
          
Baby, down at the country fair



Now you'll be hangin' tight when we hit the top

And that rollercoaster's ready to drop
                                        
And your braggin', how you wasn't even scared

Well baby you know I just love the sound

Of that pipe organ on the merry-go-round
          
Baby, down at the county fair



County fair, county fair,

Everybody in town'll be there
                                 
So come on, hey we're goin' down there

(hey) Little girl with the long blond hair

Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears
          
Baby, down at the country fair



At the north end of the field they set up a stand

And they got a little rock and roll band
                              
People dancin' out in the open air

It's James Young and the Immortal Ones

Two guitars, (baby) bass and drums
              
Just rockin', down at the county fair



(well) County fair, county fair

Everybody in town'll be there
                             
So come on, we're goin' down there

Little girl with the long blond hair

Come win your daddy one of them stuffed bears
          
Baby, down at the county fair



Now it's getting late before we head back to town

We let that fortune wheel spin around
                                          
Come on mister tell me what's waiting out there

On my way out I steal a kiss in the dark

Hope I can remember where our car's parked
         
Baby, out at the county fair



Now off down the highway there's the last stream of cars

We sit a while in my front yard
                                
With the radio playin' soft and low

I pull Carol close to my heart

And I lean back and stare up at the stars
                      
Oh I wish, I'd never have to let this moment go


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