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 Taunt Now Have I Stayed Too Long At the Fair? The Music Has Stop 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's Nothing to Win And There's no One to Want Me Have I Stayed Too Long At the Fair?