In the dimming twilight you are nearly mine
Late in the night when darkness falls
Sing it whispered, sing it quiet
Sing it just another time
Still, I-I don't know you at all
Well I have seen you in the fairground
You were spinning untethered on the merry go round
Boyish joy upon your face
As I've seen you through the gate, still I, I don't know you at all
Hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late
And any day now the snow will fall
What kind of fool would wait?
Just standing by the gate, of a boarded up carnival
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We missed the summer so we, picked the lock
You kissed me dizzy on the tiltawhirl
Spinning and giddy like I've never been kissed
Punch-drunk high up on the hurricane twist
The night, the night, the night I was your girl
Was it the moonshine, or the glow of the carousel?
Or something I found on the winds of time
Singing JT and Dylan at the top of our lungs country roads and forever young
Like holy writ on the tips on the top of our tongues
And hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late
And any day now the snow will fall (the snow will fall)
What kind of fool would wait
Just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival
♪
To you fold it all together, is unequivocally absurd
It's the mission of a madman, and a mission of the world
And maybe maybe I'm chasing an invisible bird
♪
And hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late
Any day now the snow will fall
And only a fool would wait
And just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival
Hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late
And any day now the snow will fall
And only a fool would wait
Just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival
♪
And I can't open your locks
With all that I've got, here comes the snow
No I can't open your locks with all that I've got
And all that I'm not
So I've got to go, hey, I've got to go
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey
Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey
♪
I've got to go