Fairground

Driving down an endless road
Taking friends or moving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

It’s always friends that feel so good
Let’s make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

Walk around, be free and roam
There’s always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can’t make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through

Love can bend and breathe alone
Until the end it finds you a home
Don’t care what the people may say

It’s always friends that feel so good
Let’s make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can’t make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through

Single Release Information

EASTWEST
Released: September 1995
EW001CD1
1. Fairground (Single Edit)
2. Fairground (Extended Mix)
3. Stars (Live)
4. The Right Thing (Live)
EW001CD2
1. Fairground (Single Edit)
2. Fairground (Extended Mix)
3. Fairground (In The Garden Mix)
4. Fairground (Too Precious Remix)
5. Fairground (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix)
EW001C cassette
1. Fairground (Single Edit)
2. Fairground (Extended Mix)

Credits

Words and music Mick Hucknall
EMI Music Publishing Ltd/So What Ltd
Fairground contains a sample of “Give It Up” by The Goodmen courtesy of Fresh Fruit Records
Original source “Fanfarra” by Sergio Mendez courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

Other Info

This track was a single in September 1995 and is on the Life album (1995) as well as the compilation albums Simply Red Greatest Hits (1996) and The Greatest Hits 25 (2008)