Johnny Marr - Rusholme Ruffians lyrics

[Verse 1] The last night of the fair By the big wheel generator A boy is stabbed And his money is grabbed And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine She is famous She is funny An engagement ring Doesn't mean a thing To a mind consumed by bra** (money) [Chorus] And though I walk home alone I might walk home alone ... ...But my faith in love is still devout [Verse 2 x2] The last night of the fair From a seat on a whirling waltzer Her skirt ascends for a watching eye It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side) [Chorus] [Verse 3 x2] Then someone falls in love And someone's beaten up Someone's beaten up And the senses being dulled are mine [Chorus] [Verse 3 x2] This is the last night of the fair And the grease in the hair Of a speedway operator Is all a tremulous heart requires A schoolgirl is denied She said : "How quickly would I die If I jumped from the top of the parachutes?" La... [Bridge] So ... scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen (This means you really love me) Scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen (This means you really love me) Oh ... [Chorus x2]