The Wonder Of It All

verse 1 Candy spun in little clouds That melted as it touched his mouth Made him want to smile out loud Laughter in the taste A spinning wheel that stood so high Many splendored code of lights Carried him right to the sky And took his breath a-way And Ruby did her dance again And the way she danced entranced the men And left their minds entangled in The fever of desire Upon the stage her mama sat The billboard said two tons of fat - yeah Slightly to the right of that Oh her daddy swallowed fire - yes he did verse 2 A tattooed man stood tall and thin His life engraved upon his skin From birth to death and back again And some wishes left unfilled - uh hmm A flipping twisting acrobat A midget with a magic hat A world of fantasy and fact Where the laughter overspills Lord the wonder was unspeakable And too much to take in all at once Too much is often worser than too little Sometimes He just sat there in his daddy's truck Deaf and dumb and thunderstruck The wonder of it all Was almost too much for his mind verse 3 Now the march of time has slowed his pace And the child is gone now from his face And with his grandson in his place He remembers other times He marveled at the barker's call And the decorated canvas wall And the gamble wonder of it all Echoes clearly in his mind Candy spun in little clouds That melted as it touched his mouth Made him want to smile out loud Laughter in the taste A spinning wheel that stood so high Many splendored code of lights Carried him right to the sky And took his breath away - ah ah ah - ah ah ah - ah ah ah Outro N.C. SPOKEN: Step right up now and see the seventh wonder of the world N.C. See the fat lady - See the tattooed man N.C. Get your candy - Get your popcorn - Get your cotton candy N.C. Right here! See the seventh wonder of the world