Chorus: We've stayed too long,much too long at the fair The sweet cotton candy smell of love has left the air They're tearing down the happy rides and they'll move 'em God knows where We're standing here alone and the laughter is all gone I think we stayed too long at the fair Verse 1: Only fools and little children refuse to realize That a fairground's painted lanterns are just lights in your eyes The ferris wheels and roller coaster rides they all have to end And everybody has to come back down to earth again Chorus. Verse 2:(four tones higher) We thought that big calliope would never end its song But we should have known that a merry-go-round can only turn so long I guess we just weren't ready for the carnival to end So we stood there frightened and alone when the real world set in Chorus bis:(half a tone higher) We've stayed too long,much too long at the fair The sweet cotton candy smell of love has left the air They're tearing down the happy rides and they'll move 'em God knows where We're standing here alone and the laughter is all gone I think we stayed too long at the fair