Oh, where is the boy with arms too short To reach the bread across the table? Where is the lad with hair so blonde? Kicking the sheets way He sleeps in your bed And he vanishes Where is the boy who lived by rules Taught by a host of TV cowboys? Where are the rules And cowboys now? Wrapped up packed away So deep in your head And it vanishes Show me the faith that kept me whole Making me brash and undisguising Why does it seem the carousel Slips into town to stay For only a day And it vanishes? Then it gets in your way And it vanishes First they showed me little things That would open my eyes Then they showed little things That would open my mouth, wisely Then they told me hate and fear Were the perfect disguise Kept it all under wraps safe and sound In your own sweet country Right it kept me whole Making me brash and undisguising And why does it seem carousel Slips into town to stay For only a day And in vanishes? So it gets in your way And it vanishes And it vanishes And it vanishes Oh, yeah And it vanishes So it vanishes And it vanishes Oh, so it vanishes And it vanishes It vanishes And it vanishes And it vanishes It vanishes And it vanishes, and it vanishes And it vanishes, and it vanishes And it vanishes And it vanishes And it vanishes!