[Verse 1]
By the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light
I may have gone too far
I may have gone too much, too long
I'm a dull and witless boy

[Verse 2]
At the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream
In the killing jar
You and me at war, at arms
All falling in embrace

[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny

[Verse 3]
A tawny gypsy girl, sleeping blanketed by stars
Beneath the tilt-a-whirl
Where we were coyly caught alone
All fumbling with your blouse

[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
[Bridge 1]
And in the rollercoaster din
By the parachutes in saddle shoes, you break your shins
But I have never seen two eyes so shiny

[Bridge 2]
And the sullen, beery swine
Who try to tangle you in sullen, beery balls of twine
Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny?

[Verse 4]
Boys in denim vests smoking cigarettes between
The bootblack fingertips
Sweetly tipsy by the half light
The light and the half light

[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny