I Stayed Too Long At The Fair (Live at the Bon Soir, Greenwich Village, NYC - Nov. 7, 1962)

[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
We will sing a nice, pretty song now
Pretty, pretty
Why don't you sing it?

[LIGHTING GUY, spoken]
Would you do the lights for me?

[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
Right, right!
It's my ambition

[LIGHTING GUY, spoken]
Mine is to be able to sing like you

[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
It's sorta [?]
Headaches and everything
It's nice singing now, you know?
Quiet

[sung]
I wanted the music to play on forever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?

I bought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair
But I couldn't find anybody to care

The merry-go-round is beginning to slow now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
The music has stopped and the children must go now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?

Oh mother dear, I know you're very proud
Your little girl in pigtails is so far above the crowd
No daddy dear, you never could have known
That I would be successful, yet so very much alone

I wanted to live in a carnival city
With laughter, love everywhere
I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty
I wanted somebody to care

I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
But now I discover them, no longer blue

The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
There is nothing to win
And there's no one to want me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?