[Verse 1] If you spend enough cash at the carnival games You’ll have a prize in your hand when you walk away It’ll slip through your fingers and you’ll never know What winning’s really like at all I stayed here too long now it’s in my soul And when the thunder rolls I’ve got nowhere to go I keep going round on this carousel Because it spins me so well [Pre-Chorus] And I’ll stay with you just a little while There’s so much for us to see and do But don’t mistake this for An adventure in paradise Just because the ride looks so good [Chorus] Carnival games are so much fun to play Hard to just walk away from When all you want are pretty things But the price you pay is always too much I’ll never dry up these tears Cried from all the years of playing carnival games        [Verse 2] To know which way to look all the shiny lights Sign your name on the postcard of your life And everyone will say that you came and conquered Yeah you won the whole race [Pre-Chorus] But don’t mistake this for An adventure in paradise Just because the ride looks so good [Chorus] Carnival games are so much fun to play Hard to just walk away from When all you want are pretty things But the price you pay is always too much I’ll never dry up these tears Cried from all the years of playing carnival games        [Bridge] I wanna shed all of my skin Feel my blood as it tastes the wind I don’t know where to begin     [Chorus] Carnival games are so much fun to play Hard to just walk away from When all you want are pretty things But the price you pay is always too much I’ll never dry up these tears Cried from all the years of playing carnival games        [Outro] You’ll never really know what You’ll never really know what winning’s like You’ll never really know what You’ll never really know what winning’s like You’ll never really know what You’ll never really know what winning’s like You’ll never really know what You’ll never really know what winning’s like