A fair (archaic: fayre) is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may last as long as ten weeks. Activities at fairs vary widely. Some trade fairs are important regular business events where either products are traded between businesspeople, as at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where publishers sell book rights in other markets to other publishers, or where products are showcased to largely consumer attendees, as for example in agricultural districts where they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market to farmers.
Fairs are also known by many different names around the world, such as agricultural show, fête, county fair, exhibition or state fair, festival, market and show. Flea markets and auto shows are sometimes incorporated into a fair.
He shouted out his last word
And he stumbled through
the yard
And she shattered her last
china plate
And spun off in the car
When he lunged onto the hood
She stopped to tell him she'd
been wrong
HE was thrown head over heels
Into the traffic coming on
But then
All is fair in love
Did you get my other letters
Sometimes I think I oughta call
Cause you know I often
Wonder if you open them at all
Every couple nights or so
You know you pop into my
dreams
I just can't get rid of you
Like you got rid of me
Ohh but I send my best
Cause God knows you've seen
my worst
But then all is fair in love
All this breathing in never
breathing out
I guess she made her way
Through the mob too late to
hear him say
That he'd gotten all he'd
wanted
A crowd to watch him bear the pain
He'd been keeping in
so what
I keep trying, trying to go
On my way but I'm walking too slow
Cause I really know I wanna stay here, whoa
And I know the best place stay here with you
Only sad days when I'm near you
And I don't need that kind of pain anymore
But I don't wanna be the one who give up every time
The road is tough but I wanna see if
I can hang in there
Every jealous day fair, how I feel to believe
That we can make up, don't wanna [?] unfair
How I don't want you to leave
Why do I keep holding on when I know I should give up?
Only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
Oh I've been trying to give it up, give it up
Oh I just can't give it up
And I'll be down I had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
Why do I keep holding on when I know I should give up?
I keep fighting, blow after blow
In this ring of love the [?]
It's all that ever happened [?] in the end
But I tell myself that it's gonna get better
Lying to myself and never get better, never better
In this love
Cause I don't wanna be the one who gives up every time
The road is tough but I wanna see if
I can hang in there
Every jealous day fair, how I feel to believe
That we can make up, don't wanna [?] unfair
How I don't want you to leave
Why do I keep holding on when I know I should give up?
Only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
Oh I've been trying to give it up, give it up
Oh I just can't give it up
And I'll be down I had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
Why do I keep holding on when I know I should give up?
Yeah, yeah
I know that I, I should gives up this love, yeah
I should give up this love, yeah
Why do I keep holding on when I know I should give up?
Only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
Oh I've been trying to give it up, give it up
Oh I just can't give it up
And I'll be down I had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
In a time of doubt
pieces hidden so they can't be found
i won't reward your whole life for this time
you can't afford to make claims that won't take they won't take
if you're looking for my heart you're in the wrong direction
hold tight, forget something that makes you feel nothing
that's right, you held on to whatever you wanted
you got stopped at the border without your family
shaken into order you backed down barely
pause at the nearest wayside, make it out with an honest face hide
you've been warned your life till this night
bite your tongue to save face to displace
a note to self
the coat you wore well
You say you won't be
Fooled again,
Without a simple please.
You drug me there and back
And then, you tried to make your peace.
It's just a simple mistake.
Tomorrow I won't relate.
I'll only wonder if the question remains.
Could someone show me how to feel?
Take heart, be still?
Forget this ringing in my ears?
Breathe deep, be here?
A bother makes a sacrifice.
I hope the pulpit sees.
But in our debt you can't decide.
Another violent seed.
It's always the same,
I'm playing the dumbfound game.
It's as if I couldn't see
so the notion of a fiery end put me to sleep again
nothing imploring
tragically boring
when heads hit pillows tonight it may be the last time
throw it away
I could be sadder I suppose
I should be shedding tears and spouting prose
one last time
Not much to say I wish I felt something more concrete
something where I could plant my feet and try to breathe
one last time
honestly there's nothing more
no revelation on this darkened shore
i can't sleep so what's the difference what's the use?
if you fell in love with me I couldn't fall in love with you
I know what you are thinking
I know you wish I wouldn't say
I know what you are thinking
I know you wish I wouldn't
be so blatant, indifferent
Got my home
and now its getting better
grab your coat
you never see the sunshine
better now that we're together
drop your saw
and you'll be a local now
you'll see me running by
get closer while you can
you'll see me when you cry
come on come on come on come on
got my home
you know its getting better
grab your coat
its gonna be a long cold life
There's black ice in your blue eyes
Calling me to pull the trigger.
If it's a good night for us to replay,
Call all you have inside to witness.
Some would put the blame on you.
Desperately fearing
For confidently dreaming of you.
When all you have to do is love.
I won't escape the feeling,
For confidently dreaming of you.
When all you have to do is love.
Take a short trip or a long ride,
Whatever gets me off the fault line.
If it's a good day for us to end this,
I'll take the stand and plead forgiveness.
There's forces under the floor
To pull us down into a hole.
Long after I've gone away,
This is the first thing I can remember:
I came unglued.
Last on board when the ship went down,
When the ship went down.
Speak to me now till I don't feel a thing,
Until Winter gives way to Spring.
This is the first thing I can remember:
I came unglued.
(To call me off was madness)
Last on board when the ship went down.
(On our love)
You are the one that I lost,
I've been taking all the back roads home.
When everything that's held me back
Now becomes what's making me come undone.
On the ceiling is a secret door
And I finally found the words to prove.
When everything was tragic at once,
It made me come unglued.
Love lost in large amounts.
Not far from where you are.
Past all the streets and shady trees,
The biggest house in town.
No matter where you go,
I'll get you out alive.
Before it's too late to stand softly by.
Love drawn from bank accounts
Runs out of funds before too long.
Can't place a price on tagalongs or quiet strolls.
It's all the way it situates.
I can't believe and can't be for this.
I'm finding out it's all about seeking
You were light and I was death.
You were light and I was death,
Desperately creeping along.
Tell a lie and break my neck,
But the damage was all in your head.
You were light and I was death.
Locked on a target and I'm moving along,
There's a feeling I get when I'm headstrong.
Oh, my love
Don't push it
like the way we used to do.
Even if you get far,
Don't go far without me.
I'll never make it.
Oh, my love
Don't run--
There's a feeling that you'll lose.
Even if you get far,
Don't go far.
Caught between, and hedging bets,
There's a knot inside your chest.
(But the damage was all in your head)
Tell a lie and break my neck.
By the time a second's through,
Help yourself along.
Cut down sideways.
Oh, my love,
One pull, and I could split the world in two.
Even if you get far,
A little says a lot
when writing from across the world
under the cover of the air
open your letterbox
each day to catch a glimpse of me
someone who's trying just to breathe
Don't ask my love
where is that your peace comes from
I found it in a disappearing world
I found it in a disappearing world
I'm running out of time
to make a sentimental plea
pass off this trivial affair
that made me motion sick
to be displaced in history
and separated by a scare
Don't ask my love
where is that your peace comes from
I found it in a disappearing world
I found it in the beauty of the world
his intentions were not
as clear as they could be
who's reflection was not
made to look like me
and who's intentions were not
as clear as they could be
who's reflection was not
made to look like me
I'm running out of time
to make a sentimental plea
Don't ask my love
where is that your peace comes from
I found it in a disappearing world
I found it in the beauty of the world
The attic is still full
Of all of the same things
That lay here when I was
Wide-eyed for playthings.
The basement is chock-full
Of all of the memories
Handed to lovers with great expectations.
Don't leave me behind.
Don't leave me alone.
For I just may recall
What brought me here.
The palace of wisdom
Has never reached my mind.
The chance of a lifetime
Has beaten me blindside.
With high expectations
And haughty irreverence.
The words that I've spoken
Turn into nonsense.
You said it was
A lonely night.
You took the lead
And made the mark.
You tore the pages
From the scene.
That taught me
i keep trying, trying to go
on my way but i'm walking too slow
cause i really know i wanna stay here, whoa
and i know the best place stay here with you
only sad days when i'm near you
and i don't need that kind of pain anymore
but i don't wanna be the one who give up every time
the road is tough but i wanna see if
i can hang in there
every jealous day fair, how i feel to believe
that we can make up, don't wanna unfair
how i don't want you to leave
why do i keep holding on when i know i should give up?
only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
oh i've been trying to give it up, give it up
oh i just can't give it up
and i'll be down i had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
why do i keep holding on when i know i should give up?
i keep fighting, blow after blow
in this ring of love the
it's all that ever happened in the end
but i tell myself that it's gonna get better
lying to myself and never get better, never better
in this love
cause i don't wanna be the one who give up every time
the road is tough but i wanna see if
i can hang in there
every jealous day fair, how i feel to believe
that we can make up, don't wanna unfair
how i don't want you to leave
why do i keep holding on when i know i should give up?
only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
oh i've been trying to give it up, give it up
oh i just can't give it up
and i'll be down i had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
why do i keep holding on when i know i should give up?
yeah, yeah
i know that i, i should give up this love, yeah
i should give up this love, yeah
why do i keep holding on when i know i should give up?
only it's so hard to give it up, why is so hard to give it up?
oh i've been trying to give it up, give it up
oh i just can't give it up
and i'll be down i had enough, my heart ain't nearly strong enough
You used to talk about how you wanted to believe
Sometimes you let it out, sometimes you kept it all from me
I never meant to get in the way
Every time I breathe I tow a fine line
What's become of me? A sorry forced rhyme.
I always wanted to show you how
I only troubled you with my doubt
I don't stand to face the sun
The leaves are in the gutter and the clouds are rolling in
I won't lean on anyone
I never learned to fake it so I never could fool you with the honest truth
Every time I breathe I tow a fine line
What's become of me? A sorry forced rhyme.
I always wanted to show you how
I only troubled you with my doubt
All The tragedy that could have been worse
walking in my sleep until my feet hurt
I always wanted to show you how
I only troubled you with my doubt
I guess the means is always hard when
the end is something that you'll never get
Carelessness,
Something I've read about
In a magazine,
In a journal of medicine
For fever and rapid heart.
For the younger set,
Giving life a start.
All the pain in dissent,
All the freedom to climb.
A thousand wishes I've missed,
For hanging onto this.
When a moment brings
Hope for everything,
Every time I walk away from this.
Will the One who came to throw it all away
Ever get to see the end of this?
Carelessness is something I recognize
When you're fast asleep,
And I'm in the right.
Taking in everything you ignore,
My abrasiveness and your angel-core.
More minutes of life
Put away, set aside,
Ever following things that I won't find.
Won't you climb high
And shower some correction on me?
Don't dare disguise.
Hey, are you lonely?
Has summer gone so slowly?
We found the ground
And that damage was done
It's cold as you fade into the sun
Where'd you go? To me?
But you're alive!
Well, it's only
Fallen frames, they told me
You stand out, it's so loud
And so what if it is?
It's cold as you face into the wind
Where'd it go to? tonight the sun shall see its light
So what if you catch me,
Where would we land?
In somebody's life
For taking his hands
Sing to me hope as she's
Thrown on the sand
All of your work
Is rated again
Where to go ?
And you were somehow the ran thing could allow
But it's all wrong
You're so strong
And this life and work
And choice took far too long
Where'd it go? tonight the sun shall see its light
So what if you catch me,
Where would we land?
In somebody's life
For taking his hands
Sing to me hope as she's
Thrown on the sand
All of our work
Is rated again
When I was sure you'd follow through
My world was turned to blue so thin
When you'd hide your songs would die
So I'd hide yours with mine
And all my words were bound to fail
I know you won't fail
See, I can tell
Well, he shouted out his last word
And he stumbled through the yard
And she shattered her last China plate
And spun off in the car
When he lunched onto the hood
She stopped to tell him she'd been wrong
He was thrown head over heels
Into the traffic coming on but then
All is fair
All is fair in love
Did you get my other letters?
Sometimes I think I oughta call
'Cause you know I often
Wonder if you open them at all
Every couple nights or so
You know you pop into my dreams
I just can't get rid of you like you got rid of me
Ohh, but I send my best
'Cause God knows you've seen my worst
Well, all is fair
All is fair in love
All this breathing in, never breathing out
All this breathing in, never breathing out
All this breathing in, never breathing out
Well, I guess she made her way
Through the mob too late to hear him say
That he'd gotten all he wanted
A crowd to watch him bear the pain
He'd been keeping in, so what
All is fair
All is fair in love
Yeah, well all is fair
All is fair in love
Am I right? Am I right?
Not only am I right
I'm lonely and I'm right
In the sweet glow of the light,
You revive my folly.
When you shout like nothing dies,
I can see you're sorry.
When your sad mouth figures out
Like a child in mourning.
And you laugh like water drowns,
'Cause you hear it coming.
When you laugh,
You give it away.
(Sing it slow as quicksand.)
You touch my hand and
Say you're never afraid
(And push me off the deep end).
With a hold on paradise
And an act to follow,
You control your compromise
With your white-washed sorrow.
When your hope crawls underneath
And you're dreaming for me.
You're as blind as I can see
When you hear it coming.
And when you lie,
Your lips curl like
A wave of separation.
And when you laugh,
You know you give it away.
(You know you give it away.)
I can't control what's on my own.
Take the moment that you shut me out.
But in the calm before the storm,
I remember what it's all about.
I don't blame you this time.
I don't blame you this time.
I believe that anything can come from this love.
Behind the tears you kept for years
Is a longing that I know too well.
If I could pause,
Contemplate my thoughts,
Bide my crime,
Give it some growing time.
If I let this loose,
I could wither away too soon.
Shamelessness,
I can't get it on the list.
What I get to see isn't slipping away from me.
Give me one reason why
(Give me one reason why)
I should let this die.
On your own,
You put me on, you put me somewhere.
Blood from stone,
You took it all.
It's a deception in disguise.
Take this mess,
Give it some room to rest.
Help me hide my muse,
Recovering from the fear.
Skip a line from the page.
March in time with my feet on tight.
Stepping up, blurry eyed.
Recovering from the fear.
With a blast of the sun.
March in time with my feet untied.
Stepping up, blurry eyed.
And it's not a mistake.
I'd spend it with you.
When the crash in my world was brought back so soon.
Hey, are you lonely?
Has summer gone so slowly?
We found the ground
And that damage was done
It's cold as you fade into the sun
Where'd you go? To me?
But you're alive, well it's only
Fallen frames, they told me
You stand out, it's so loud
And so what if it is?
It's cold as you face into the wind
Where'd it go tonight the sun shall see its light?
So what if you catch me, where would we land?
In somebody's life for taking his hands
Sing to me hope as she's thrown on the sand
All of our work is raided again, where to go ?
And you were somehow
The rain this thing could allow
But it's all wrong, you're so strong
And this life and work
And choice took far too long
Where'd it go tonight the sun shall see its light
So what if you catch me, where would we land?
In somebody's life for taking his hands
Sing to me hope as she's thrown on the sand
All of our work is raided again
When I was sure you'd follow through
My world was turned to blue so thin
When you'd hide your songs would die
So I'd hide yours with mine
And all my words were bound to fail
I know there's no hope in holding up this weight.
It just won't float.
Man, I tried, but the tide.
It knows no sides.
If that's what's not fair, then what could be wrong with my life?
[If that's what's not fair, then what could be wrong with my life?]
Maybe she needs love
to put the bottle down.
Maybe she needs me
to be around.
The pain in her stare is drawing me shapes
oh, so fair.
The pain in her stare is making me wish I was there
with something to declare.
We'll it's quite possible I won't make it out
alive.
Because I'm quite sure that I could die.
Because what's best is what's left when nothing is left but the sound of
the rain on your head, a woman asleep in your bed.
Dreaming in my bed.
Something's got to happen.
I can't control what's on my own.
Take the moment that you shut me out.
But in the calm before the storm,
I remember what it's all about.
I don't blame you this time.
I don't blame you this time.
I believe that anything can come from this love.
Behind the tears you kept for years
Is a longing that I know too well.
If I could pause,
Contemplate my thoughts,
It could take a piece out of this hell.
I missed the fair again this year.
That makes two.
No ride atop the greasy ferris wheel with anyone.
It ends up october, where everything starts for me.
I waited for her to see for the third time.
And thank God, she's wearing the same shirt again.
And as strange as she was, that made her so familiar.
That newness would brighten my life.
And these are the last days the sun will shine before
winter.
The last time to warm our faces for half a year.
And I keep missing no one to wait for.
I keep missing.