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by Aimee Mann


Fifty years after the fair/Aimee Mann

Intro:     
                                                  
Fifty years after the fair the picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air rose the tyrlon and the perisphere
                                       
And that for me was the finest of scenes
                                                     
That perfect world across the river in queens
                                                    
Fifty years after the fair I drink from a different cup
But it does no good to compare 'cause nothing ever measures up
                                
I guess just for a second we thought 
                                                     
That all good things would rise to the top
chorus:
                              
But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow' 
                            
We'll never have a day of sorrow
                                              
We got through the '30's, but our belts were tight
We conceived of a future with no hope in sight
                                        
We've got decades ahead of us to get it right
                                    
I swear - fifty years after the fair

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Fifty years after the fair I live in tomorrow town
Even on a wing and a prayer The future never came around
                                       
It hurts to even think of those days
                                                     
The damage we do by the hopes that we raise

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