Fifty Years After The Fair Lyrics - Whatever - Aimee Mann

Fifty years after the fair 

The picture I have is so clear 

Underneath the clouds in the air 

Rose the tyrlon and the perisphere 

And that for me was the finest of scenes 

That perfect world across the river in queens 

Fifty years after the fair 

I drink from a different cup 

But it does no good to compare 

'cause nothing ever measures up 

I guess just for a second we thought 

That all good things would rise to the top 

But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow' 

We'll never have a day of sorrow 

We got through the '30's, but our belts were tight 

We conceived of a future with no hope in sight 

We've got decades ahead of us to get it right 

I swear - fifty years after the fair 

Fifty years after the fair 

I live in tomorrow town 

Even on a wing and a prayer 

The future never came around 

It hurts to even think of those days 

The damage we do 

By the hopes that we raise 

But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow' 

We'll never have a day of sorrow 

We got through the '30's, but our belts were tight 

We conceived of a future with no hope in sight 

We've got decades ahead of us to get it right 

I swear - fifty years after the fair