[Verse 1: Lee Mellor]
May Queen smiles and the bra** horns blare
Schoolgirl twirls her baton in the air
As the clown's grin drips down his paint-caked face
Clipboard drags the soldier through the bright lawn chair maze
Candy floss spins pink and thick
The caramel corn glossed sickly sweet
And who can measure the cost
When a God-lost people are hungry to eat?
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The sun burns through the shade
Snare snaps a beat
Drives the parade
Down Liberty Street
Is it the heat or is it the charade?
I think I'm afraid
I think the
[Verse 2: Lee Mellor]
Sprinklers machine gun the gangrene gra**
Vet pours Scotch into a trembling gla**
Looks out lost through the cracked window
Sees the parade pa**ing gaily below
And recalls those sunny days
When his ways were as carefree and innocent
The star-spun banners he waved
And everything that they never meant
[Chorus]