Songwriter: Billy Barnes
Producer: Mike Berniker
I wanted the music to play on forever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I bought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair
But I couldn't find anybody to care
The merry-go-round is beginning to slow now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
The music has stopped and the children must go now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
Oh, mother dear, I know you're very proud
Your little girl in gingham is so far above the crowd
No, daddy dear, you never could have known
That I would be successful, yet so very much alone
I wanted to live in a carnival city
With laughter and love everywhere
I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty
I wanted somebody to care
I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
But now I discover them no longer blue
The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
There is nothing to win
And there's no one to want me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I bought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair
But I couldn't find anybody to care
The merry-go-round is beginning to slow now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
The music has stopped and the children must go now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
Oh, mother dear, I know you're very proud
Your little girl in gingham is so far above the crowd
No, daddy dear, you never could have known
That I would be successful, yet so very much alone
I wanted to live in a carnival city
With laughter and love everywhere
I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty
I wanted somebody to care
I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
But now I discover them no longer blue
The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
There is nothing to win
And there's no one to want me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
more tracks from the album
From the album
Barbra Streisand popular songs
- Don’t Rain on My Parade
- The Way We Were
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Woman in Love
- My Man
- Memory
- I’m the Greatest Star
- Don’t Lie to Me
- Guilty
- Funny Girl
- Evergreen (2014)
- I Finally Found Someone
- People (2014)
- People
- I’d Rather Be Blue Over You
- Papa, Can You Hear Me?
- You Are Woman, I Am Man
- If I Could
- A Piece of Sky
- What Kind of Fool
- I Still Can See Your Face
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- Love Is Like A New Born Child
- I Believe/You’ll Never Walk Alone