You clamber up 
And look behind 
Their watchful eyes 
The helping hands 
hen that's fierce 
And painted blue 
With red eyes 
Wants to swallow you 

dragon dives and soars on tracks 
The hands that strap you to its back 
You turn around and look behind 
Their smiling eyes 
Won't help you down 

Their tiny hands 
Their tiny feet 
Such little hearts 
To miss a beat 

Grotesque dwarves in mirrored rooms 
Pulled and taut a thousand yous 
Staring back through stinging tears 
Remembering those funhouse thrills 

The paintbox tunes and wild balloons 
Their watchful eyes, you start to swoon 
Oh painted vile in lurid hue 
The snarling horse that waits for you 

Its motor whirrs and colours curl 
Inside your head the monsters whirl 
Its motor whirrs and colours curl 
Inside your head the monsters whirl 

In sucked out 
Time stood still 
Roundabout back 
Carousel 
Time stood still 
And you remember it well 
In sucked out 
Time stood still 
Roundabout back
Carousel