Photobooth at the County Fair

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Photobooth at the County FairOl' Joe has voluteered, for over thirty yearsat the Cochise County Fairhe's seen guys take their girls, on crazy tiltawhirlsand in funhouses to get them scaredbut if they ask him what's the best ridehe'll say you ain't lived till you've triedthe photobooth at the county fairpull the curtain, strike happy poseskiss the sweet girl on your laptill her cheeks are red as rosesfour for a dollarbut they're worth ev'ry dimecos they help lovers to capturefour moments in timethe photobooth at the county fairthis couple came through one night, looked like they'd had a fightlike married folks sometimes dowell, Joe watched them awhile, then with a wise old smilegave 'em free tickets to that boothtwenty minutes passed after they went inJoe heard them laughing like teenagers againin the photobooth at the county fairpull the curtain, strike happy poseskiss the sweet girl on your laptill her cheeks are red as rosesfour for a dollarbut they're worth ev'ry dimecos they help lovers to capturefour moments in timethe photobooth at the county fairJoe's got pictures of his wife at homeand an oil painting on the wallbut since she's passed there's onehe treasures most of allhe takes it from his walletand with a smile and a tearhe lets that tiny picturetake him back through the yearsto a photobooth at the county fairpull the curtain, strike happy poseskiss the sweet girl on your laptill her cheeks are red as rosesfour for a dollarbut they're worth ev'ry dimecos they help lovers to capturefour moments in timethe photobooth at the county fair(c)2004 Robert George