I can
still remember the coat I wore that day
Yellow as a plastic moon,
with a weaver's thickest chains
Walking past a sideshow tent,
drunker than we knew
Could never feel my brother's shoes
I got them fairground blues
I got them fairground blues
Where the wine of the auctioneer
seemed to loosen up the dead
And the barker at the burlesque show,
he wrapped his arms around brother's head
Brother said there's sway for me,
no place inside for you
Can never fill my brother 's shoes
Got them fairground blues,
I got them fairground blues
Waited long outside the show,
and then my feet walked by themselves
With the crowd scraping against my coat,
so many hands I couldn't yet
I got them fairground blues,
got them fairground blues
It's gone so long I didn't know
If my brother'd still be there
When I got back to the burlesque show,
four cops were standing on the stairs
Brother's hands were stuck in ice,
sweat had soaked his hair
He said, you missed the fun in bed
You missed the fun in bed
Missed all the fun in bed
face was red and wild
Cops on duty, know that, boy
Choked a man for just a smile
This one's a killer, not a boy
My brother's been laughing, said
I should've stuck with you
Your brother should've
stuck with you
I got them fairground blues
I got them fairground blues
I've got them fairground blues
I've got them fairground blues
You