We had our tea leaves read by Lady Samantha
she said one of you will fall in love
But the Junkboy had Madame Electra
She wasn't pretty but she was mighty tough

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She said anything it can happen
Anything it ain't all it appears
Dead men sing their song, weak men become strong,
Pretty women just fly through the air
St. Louis County Fair
St. Louis County Fair
Dead men sing their song,
weak men become strong,
Pretty women just fly through the air

It was midnight when I laid eyes upon her
she was walking down fireworks row
She grabbed me like I knew her forever
as the sky was about to explode

We rolled nickels and we ate cotton candy
took a ride on the old ferris wheel
And we kissed by the lights of the city
and at the top we hung by our heels

Won a black cat at the ring toss
Shot plastic ducks in a pond
When I star1ed to kiss her, I started to miss her
And just in a flash she was gone

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I walked further up the midway
a barker yelled come on inside
for 10 tickets I will introduce you to a true love
who is too soon to die

Now who in the world would believe it
I almost started to cry
There was my grandma and grandpa
smiling sweetly, dancing side by side

Young love that never got older
old love that always stayed young
Old love or new love, false love or true love
I just keep you hanging on

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The next day I went to the fairground
where the carnival lights used to be
You know I might have been dreaming
all I saw was a hobo sleeping under the tree

Then the Junkboy rolled out of the bushes
with a martini wedding ring in his ear
Had a postcard from Lady Samantha
said see you sailors same time next year

True love it never comes easy
True love ain't all that it seems
It may last forever, you can never say never, or you're
left with a song and your dreams

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