I cried my tears in a glass of tequila

For a truck-stop honey with a dubious name

She held my heart like a blackjack dealer

And took my money when I left the game

She was overly fond of sophisticated messin' around

I've had a bellyful of livin' on the same old merry-go-round

Well, I played in the summer and I froze in the winter

I hankered for a high school beauty queen

She was married to a rich young timber-miller

And christened a boy when she was just nineteen

Crazy love, never gonna settle down

I've had a bellyful of lovin' on the same old merry-go-round

Like any man, I gotta work for a living

Just to earn my soul for the weekend show

Saturday morning I'll be down by the river

Getting whipped at the Copmanhurst rodeo

When the weekend comes, I'm gonna set fire to the town

I had a bellyful of workin' on the same old merry-go-round

I'm gonna set fire to the town

Well, I'm looking out as the sun goes down

Drinking Bundaberg at the end of the day

I'm twenty-five and only half alive

And the rest is only just a ticket away

Well, give me a ticket, take me to a city hotel

I had a bellyful of livin' on the same old merry-go-round

Merry-Go-Round