Fall Faire Suite/Minor Turn | Chicago 2015 Version (Non-Album Track) Lyrics
CHOIR (-RICKY):
WHEN THE FALL FAIR COMES TO TOWN!
OCEAN & CONSTANCE:
OH, STEP RIGHT UP!
TO THE ALL ALL FUN FAIR
ALL THE GAMES AND FUN
YOU’LL WISH THAT YOU WERE THERE!
SEE THE BLUE RIBBON PIG
AND A HOTDOG STAND
SOME ORIGINAL TUNES
BY OUR LOCAL COVER BAND
WHEN THE FALL FAIR COMES TO TOWN!
OH, I HEART SASKATCHEWEEN
FOR I’M A SASKA-TEEEN!
SITTING HERE, OH SO PRETTY
CUT MY FEE AND SINGING THIS DIDDY
TILL THE FALL FAIR COMES TO TOWN
OCEAN & CONSTANCE:
DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO…
MISCHA:
*BEATBOXING*
CHOIR (+RICKY):
WHEN THE FALL FAIR COMES TO TOWN
WHEN THE FALL FAIR COMES
CHOIR:
WHEN THE FALL NOT FAIR
THIS RIDE GOES WHERE?
AAH!!!
[KARNAK]
Tonight, in penance I give them the chance to express not what they were perceived to be, but what they dreamt they were. Tonight, we shall raise a middle finger to that ruthless adjudicator called “time”
CHOIR (Underneath previous line):
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA…
OCEAN:
SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL QUITE RIGHT
CONSTANCE:
A BLUR OF COLOURED SPINNING LIGHT
OCEAN & CONSTANCE:
MY HEART IS RACING, POUNDING IN MY EARS
NOEL:
DIZZY TINGLING’S SPINNING ‘ROUND
MISCHA:
WHERE’S THE SKY AND WHERE’S THE GROUND?
NOEL:
THE RABBIT COMES AND THEN HE DISAPPEARS
OCEAN & CONSTANCE:
TOTAL DARKNESS, SPINNING BLACK
NOEL & MISCHA:
PUSHING FORWARD, PULLING BACK
CONSTANCE:
FALLING THROUGH THE AIR
I WONDER
CHOIR
HOW CAN THIS BE FAIR?
CONSTANCE:
COTTON CANDY
GUYS:
FRIENDS AND FEAR
OCEAN:
STARING AT THE FUNHOUSE MIRROR
NOEL:
A FLASH OF MUSIC SWIRLING EVERYWHERE
CONSTANCE
STOOD IN LINE
OCEAN:
IT TOOK FOREVER
CONSTANCE:
BUCKLED IN THEY PULLED THE LEVER
CHOIR:
SECONDS LATER FLOATING THROUGH THE AIR
NOEL:
I’M STARTING NOW TO UNDERSTAND
CONSTANCE:
HOLY JEEZ WE NEVER LAND!
OCEAN:
DID SOMEONE SPIKE MY DIET COKE WITH POT?
GUYS:
SCREAMING METAL, BROKEN WHEEL, SPARKS ARE FLYING, BENDING STEEL
CONSTANCE:
AND THEN THAT SAD AND LONELY CREEPING THOUGHT
CHOIR:
MY LIFE IS FALLING OFF THE TRACK
I KNOW ILL NEVER GET IT BACK
FALLING THROUGH THE AIR I WONDER
HOW CAN THIS BE FAIR??
AH AH AH AH AAH
JANE:
AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
OCEAN:
WHAT A LOAD OF FREAKING JUNK!
THAT CRUSTY CARNIE, CLEARLY DRUNK!
SUE THAT FAIR FOR EVERYTHING THEY’VE GOT!
NOEL:
WHAT’S THE POINT OF EVEN SUING?
DEAD, WE’RE DONE! THERE’S NO UNDOING!
NOTHING LEFT TO DO EXCEPT TO ROT!
MISCHA:
SEX? OH GOD, WHY DID I WAIT?
OCEAN:
NOW, I’LL NEVER GRADUATE!
NOEL:
I HOPE I WIPED MY BROWSER HISTORY CLEAN!
CONSTANCE:
WHY DID I EVEN GO TO CLASS?
CHOIR:
ALGEBRA 12, KISS MY ASS!
MISCHA:
NOW I KNOW WHAT “YOLO” REALLY MEANS!
OCEAN:
CARPE DIEM!
CHOIR:
WHAT A LOVELY THEME!
NOEL:
C’EST LA VIE!
CHOIR:
LIFE IS JUST A-
JUST A DREAAAAAM
JUST A DREAM!
AND THEN YOU’RE SAILING THROUGH SPACE
YOU DON’T KNOW UP FROM DOWN
AND YOU FEEL A LITTLE STRANGE
FROM ALL THAT SPINNING ROUND
AND EVERYTHING YOU LOVED
AND EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED
AND EVERYTHING YOU FEARED
AND EVERYTHING THAT SEEMS SO
OH, SO TERRIFYING
IT’S FAR BEHIND ON THE GROUND
LIKE OUR FAR-FROM-THE-CITY-LITTLE-ITTY-BITTY-PRETTY HOMETOWN
JUST A TEENY TINY DOT
ON A WEE BLUE BALL
AND WE’VE ALL BEEN SPINNING
GUYS:
ALL BEEN SPINNING
CHOIR (-OCEAN):
ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND
AND ROUND AND ROUND
ROUND AND ROUND
OCEAN:
LIFE WAS ABOUT TO START!
WHY DID I GET INTO THAT RICKETY CART?
IT DID NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL
TICK-A TICK-A TOWARD THE CRACK!
CHOIR (JANE):
DOWN THE DROP OH AND NOW WE’RE NEVER GOING BACK!
BUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS?
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS AFTER?
(AAH! AAH!)
(Button. The children stand gobsmacked, huddled
Together.)
OCEAN:
That is NOT what we rehearsed
