When the levee broke at the county fair I was threading my fingers through your hair Feeling all the things that a boy should feel When you reach the peak of the ferris wheel When the levee broke at the county fair You heard a shreak so loud it was hard to bare I put my lips to your ear and whispered "I know, I know" And held you as the big brown water rose And all the little bowls of gold fish Were now free to swim just where they wish And now the lucky ones on the tunnel of love Were now floating out above the shuttle buses But it never did rain It was just a big brown wave When the levee broke at the county fair All the funnel cake girls just froze in fear And now the toot [?] tooted like it shouldn't toot As the hornet house tree lift got a hornet for real When the levee broke at the county fair There were bodies by corn and soggy sawdust bears I threw a quivering kiss to your cute [?] And we slipped into the night like lovers do And all the little bowls of gold fish Were now free to swim just where they wish And all the sorry souls at the tractor poll Were all clawing water trying to stay afloat But it never did rain It was just a big brown wave But it never did rain It was just a big brown wave I see that light, babe I see that light, babe I see that...