Widespread Panic - Crack and whistle

Look at our re^A7flections in the water Making ripples, taking a drink We used to ^D7come here when we were schoolboys This ole water hole look like it's changed much to ^A7you? Do you think the ^D7Lady of the Lake would even remember The battles we staged for her ^A7favor? Do you re^A7member it got so dark and late We had to start the games the next morning just to ^A7save her Leave it ^Eall for the crack and whistle Of the ^Fcarnival train headed for ^A7town

Now there are ^Achildren buying candy Young girls talking all 'bout love & hate Boys ^Dspin from the high ride ^AOld man coming home late ^D#Out^Dside the ^D#wood^Dshed ^D#Won^Ddering what he's gonna ^D#say ^{D A}Mom's been asleep listening to the ^Gshort waves Riff (see below) Hanging onto magazines from far away

Look at our re^A7flections in the mirror Long and big and short and small This ^D7funhouse gonna distort and shake Worlds we might really never know at ^A7all You ^D7think if we keep coming back The carnival stay on the edge of town for ^A7keeps? When every^D7body be happy, we all be laughing in the ^A7streets No, I ^Ecouldn't conjure up a sadder sound Than the ^Fcrack and whistle headed for another ^A7town

^AChickens don't know what bit 'em The cousin of the little snake boy The ^Dtwins there look like spacemen And the ^Aponies look like toys ^D#Pee^Dkin' underneath the ^D#side^Dshow tent Like ^D#loo^Dking for ^D#mon^Dsters 'neath the bed ^AJunior's running home to ^Gmama Riff I heard he won't come back here this year again

The ^Achildren line up for candy Young girls whisper all about love & hate And the ^Dboys tell glory stories Jobs and school started ^Alate ^DCarnival's packed and gone Ahead of the names and the fames and the names and the ^Arains (?) Mom and ^Adad didn't go to ^Gbed last night Riff They were out there playing out by the lake