Well, the county fair left quite a mess in the county yard   Kids with eyes as big as dollars rode all the rides   Strip artists and con artists put on quite a show   And made some money then left town   Where they went I don?t know?      Hey, all you suckers I heard a fat woman say   Come on in for fifty cents, you can stay in here all day   So I took a chance, I went inside   Wasn?t much there to see   So I ask her for my money back and she just smiled at me      Saw Princess Tonyika taken off all her clothes   Rode some rides and played some games   Saw the Wild Man from Barneo   There was a black man playing the blues   Talked to some friends hadn?t seen in a while   Threw a football through a hoop      Well, I saw them loading up their trucks, taking down the rides   Folding up all the tents, there?s a full moon in the sky   Some were laughing some were cussing as they worked   Saw one of them making love to a local girl      I was minding my own business, it was quarter after two   When a fella walked up and said hey man, I remember you   And then he shoved me and pulled out his knife   Stuck me three times in the chest and I died that night      For the like of me I can?t remember who he was   And why he?d put a knife in me in that dusty parking lot   Everybody said what a shame it was   But he knew better than staying out past twelve o?clock      Some people put no value on a human life   And there are places we all go that just ain?t safe at night   If somebody do this to me they might do it to you   So be careful where you go and what you say or do      Oh, the county fair left quite a mess in the county yard