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Mermaid Festival

from The Misnomer by The Mispronouncer

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1. Come one, come all to our small town’s big to-do.
We’ve got something for the kids and for the kid in you.
A week-long festival to celebrate the local color,
To rise up and officially open the summer.
Sure, the crime rate’ll rise but we aren’t bitter,
’Cause that laker money’s gotta get us through another winter.
And I, for one, have never seen a mermaid in Webster Lake,
But the name isn’t open to debate.
The carnival arrives under cover of darkness.
Do not fear the carnies, they’re relatively harmless,
Setting up the midway out at the fairgrounds,
By the little league diamonds just west of town.
The parade route’s one straight shot down Main Street.
Get there early if you want shade or a seat.
Heckle any float not throwing out candy
Or spraying water out of Super Soakers if they’re fancy.
And the Shriners zip around on their stupid little scooters,
And the pageant contestants smile without humor,
Their eyes taking on that Queen-of-the-Lakes glaze,
As they ride in the backs of convertibles and wave.
And the kids in the marching bands are dripping sweat.
On the verge of fainting but the music isn’t slipping yet.
And the mothers try to get their families out on that note
Before they catch sight of the Stimmelators float.

Chorus 1: Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
And if you’ve got a brain and even half a soul,
Then I know I’m gonna see you at the tractor pull.
Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
If three bucks for a drink seems like a lot,
We can go to the church booth for a free freez- pop.

2. Wooden cut-outs of mermaids hang on the streetlights,
Painted to look like ladies of the night.
Old folks hate ’em and the college kids steal ’em
So the town takes ’em down and the people start healing.
Every night of the week on the midway stage,
A different classic rock cover band revels in middle age,
Or an audience behaves like there’s nothing bizarre about
A local troop of cloggers clogging their hearts out.
And the Cutie Parade is an annual favorite.
Adults dress kids as jokes only they get.
They gotta take advantage of their offspring early
Before they grow up withdrawn and surly.
And if the prices of the rides weren’t so prohibitive,
Their limited durations would be easier to forgive.
But as it is the wise spenders stay away
Until the warm sun dawns on bracelet day.
And then it’s try to ride everything at least once,
Even if it’s unsafe or other kids say it sucks.
Himalaya, Tilt-a-Whirl, double Ferris wheel,
And a couple more with even less apparent appeal.
And I’m warning you to watch out if you haven’t gone
’Cause it sticks to the wall if you puke in the Gravitron,
And someone’s gotta yell to the carnie to make it stop
So he can shut it down, evacuate the kids, and get the mop.

Chorus 2: Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
Other kids gather handfuls of coins from the sand
While I get to learn disappointment again.
Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
I’ve got a craving for an elephant ear.
I’m states away and I can smell it from here.
Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
If you don’t like it, don’t blame the Lions.
It’s not the best, but at least they’re trying.
Let’s go…
To the Mermaid Festival.
You wake one morning to discover it’s gone,
But a year flies past, it’s back before long.

credits

from The Misnomer, released July 27, 2012
Lindsey Drent introduced the song and sang on the chorus.
The Mispronouncer made the beat, played the keyboards, wrote the lyrics, and performed all the vocals except the vocals Lindsey performed.

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