Ride On (Ballad of a Carnival Ride Operator)

This is one I wrote. The character in the song is a ride operator on a traveling carnival.

Here are the lyrics:

Most people look down on me
From a seat on the Kamakazi
I sit at the center of the Gravitron
seems like everybody's moving on, but me

Come and take a ride on the Musicfest
If you've got three tickets you can be my guest
Behind dark glasses a beard and long hair
I haunt this operator's chair like a ghost

Ride on, ride on, the wheel turns
Ride on, ride on, Tilt-A-Whirls
Ride on, ride on, 'cause I know
I've got to keep moving on with the show, yeah

I'll do a jump tonight then one more after
Pulling the Zipper behind my tractor
They'll do a drug test to make sure I'm not dopin'
Gotta get these lights fixed before we get open
We set up and then we tear down
We pull in and then we leave town
Drive all night to the next spot
Wake up and we set up the lot once again

But I'm getting old and beaten down
My joints and bearings and gears are worn out
But when you die out here they don't bury you
They just have you work the ticket booth
Well I'm tired of walking these worn out shoes
Tired of living like a tree with no roots
I'm moving down the road my eyes on rear view
I've got no home in this world to go to

Category:

Music

Tags:

• acoustic
• Folk
• song
• carny
• carnies
• carnival
• gravitron
• show
• tilt
• whirl
• guitar
• accident

[djmassivibe]

haha i run the musicfest EPIC SONG!!!!!

[Clint490]

Thanks man!

[soccersmarts]

great song

amazing lyrics

Descripts the carny business pretty dam good

and i love the ticket booth line

great job

:]

you get 5 stars

[Clint490]

Thank you!

[notslim1]

i jsut did my last spot last week i found this song when i had a break in the season.. bu ti forgot all about it.. this is an amazing track. i just need the lyrics so i can sing along. pleas post them or contact me notslim1@hotmail

[Clint490]

Thank you! I'm honored. That's awesome that you want to play it on the Starship 2000. Go for it! I added the lyrics to the song description. Thanks my friend :)

[youngdones]

I remember when I was a kid, the guy tearing the tickets at the entrance of "gravitron" was smoking cigarettes and throwing the butts onto the floor.

[maggienarkansas]

Great!

[notslim1]

@djmassivibe wwwdotlistentoyoutubedotcom i just put the mp3 on my ipod

[notslim1]

@TheAmoo we commented on the same video. we are cool.

[cottoncandy5585]

i loved this song due to the fact that i have worked in the business and my son came from off the road it's not evey day you findsomething decent sai or sang bout carnival workers thank you hope to hear more from you

[djmassivibe]

is there anywhere I can gett the MP3 id like to play this on my ride too

[pgrrstl]

kick ass song i run a fireball/super loop/ ring of fire what ever u wanna call it has a shit load of names

[TheAmoo]

Ahhhhhh I clap for you!

That was dead clevah. Have you yourself worked for a show before?

p.s. I work the ticket booth from time to time but I'm still in my prime :P