The Fair Left Town With My Heart

On the merry-go-round, 
new love I found.
We held hands on the dodgems,
but she pinged me a Dear John.
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park. 

How we canoodled by 
the coconut shy.
Phoney fortune-teller
foresaw us together.
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park.

The Big Dipper's
not great for one's dinner,
but its ups and downs thrill:
love is the ride that makes you ill.
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park.

Once seatbeats were buckled,
harum-scarum carny cackled.
Sugarcube senses dissolved
as the giant teacup revolved.  
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park.

Atop the Ferris Wheel,
did I queer this deal?
Should I have fondled her
in the gondola?
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park.

At hoop-la I won nix
- same with love, is it fixed?
Vendor's upped sticks. In candy floss
I can't even drown my loss.
The fair left town with my heart,
left it a dark, trash-strewn park.

Her name was Elena
and she came from Romania.
She said, 'Imagine a disco
under Ceausescu:
like a funfair without the fun part.'
Yes, or like the deserted fairground of a broken heart.