I look at the world that I've conquered
I've won every spin of the wheel
I get everything I go after
You ask me, how does it feel?
l tell you I'd trade the moon
For a string with an orange balloon
And the days when my only dream
Was a dish of vanilla ice-cream
Give me one more chance at the midway
Let me laugh and be gay as a clown
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry-go-round
I do my shopping in Paris
My clothes are only Dior
There's money to buy friends and lovers
I wonder if that's what it's for
But when I go to my bedroom
I look at my hand-painted sky
I think of a world far behind me
A world no money can buy
Give me one more chance at the midway
Let me laugh and be gay as a clown
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry-go-round
Now as I look at the future
I feel so close to the past
I'm so afraid of tomorrow
Wondering which one is the last
Here in the cold of the winter
I cling to a fragment of May
I'll trade you the world I have treasured
For a moment of one yesterday
Give me one more chance at the midway
Let me dance with my feet off the ground
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry-go-round