Carnival Ride

Took a ride with a friend of mine
That lasted thirteen years and sixty days
Dropped me off at the side of the road
With nothing in my suitcase
And you're just a friend of mine
Been out much longer if I can't help that

Took a ride with a friend of mine
That lasted fourteen years
There was lots of fussin' and fightin'
And laughter and some tears
Now I'm comin' back to this town
And it's gonna be where I live
And you're just a friend of mine
Been out much longer if I can't help that

Took a ride with a nice guitar
And drums were playin' and people came from afar
See that little country band and say
"Oh my, how them little country boys can play"
But baby,
You are the papers with all the listings of the movies
In the park
You are a friend of mine
Been out much longer
If I can't help that

Annie on the corner and she didn't see me
And I've dreamed a long time that she didn't see me
And Annie on the corner and she's looking half crazed
Annie on the corner I was looking amazed
Annie on the corner and she didn't see me
It had been a long time and she didn't see me
Cause Annie it had been some time
Since you were a friend of mine
And Annie it had been some time
Since you were a friend of mine
Annie our love was a carnival ride
But like Johnny said
We've been too long at the fair

And I watched and I watched and I watched you all the way
And I knew that I had to walk the other way
And I walked and I walked and I walked and I walked around
And I walked until I found your movies
I watched one
Then the two
Then the three
Then the four
Then the five
Then the six
Then the seven, till I figured it out
That none of the stories were about me
None of the stories were about me

Annie our love was a carnival ride

But like Johnny said,
We've been too long at the fair