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Candy Floss Cowboy

by Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix

on The New Worlds Fair (1975), Roller Coaster Holiday (2012)

Candy Floss Cowboy, what's wrong with you?
You are brutal and scared and destroy all the things which bewilder you
And the bells of your town ring out for you
You ain't got your share
You're on the way to the Fair
To find something there
To meet someone
To have some fun
Fairground's all dark and dead
A light flickers on then goes off again
An engine begins to hum
You wait for the thrum
Which will bring you to life for an hour or two
Oh Dude, Dude
I can hear you calling out from inside, from inside, from inside
The whine begins to grow louder now
You laugh, such a cold laugh
Such a lonely laugh
And the music begins
Waiting for a ride, waiting for a ride
Waiting for a turn on the Wall of Death
Taking a whirl on the Merry-Go-Round
Listen to the sound of the Roller Coaster rider
The Helter Skelter slider
The Big Dipper dancer
The Chair-O-Plane chancer
Round and round
Round and round
Round and round
Round and round
I can hear you
I can hear the Cowboy crying
I can hear you Cowboy
I can hear you
Candy Floss Cowboy, fairground buccaneer
All tripped out in your finest here
In your fancy armour, plasti-leather gear
Nobody asks you what you're doing here
Taking a walk to the Castle of Fear
Oh Dude, oh Dude, Dude
I can hear you
I can hear you
I can hear you Dude
I can hear the Cowboy crying
Waiting for a ride
waiting for a ride
Waiting for a turn on the wall of death
Taking a whirl on the Merry-Go-Round
Listen to the sound of the Roller Coaster rider
The Helter Skelter slider
The Big Dipper dancer
The Chair-O-Plane chancer
Going round and round, round and round
Round and round, round and round
Round and round, round and round
Round and round, round and round