When I was just a little kid
and the carnival would come to town,
my parents would never let me go.
So every night that summer
I'd climb out on the back porch roof
to watch the colored lights
and listen to the music of
There's a carnival out on
I can see the dancing colored lights.
I can hear a far -off melody.
The hurdy -gurdy merry -go -round
I can hear his hollow voice.
You pays your money, son,
Them's easy winnings, boy,
you just lay your dollar down
Cause the wheel of fortune's spinning,
The wheel of fortune's spinnin'
It's turnin' round real slow
But I've still got such a long, long way to go
To the carnival I'm on my way
Where the wheel of fortune's spinning
Well, I guess I stayed up half of the night
Sittin' on top of the roof
When I woke up this mornin'
I went outside to look for a
there was nothing to be found
Just a crumpled empty popcorn box
on the bare and dusty ground
Yeah, the carnival has gone away
But the wheel of fortune's spinning,
spinning, spinning round and round