[Verse 1] You won a yellow plastic horse At the fair behind the mill It had a wheel instead of feet And a face that never will I carried it past the shooting booth You bought another ride The wheel was missing half its lights We took the smaller side [Chorus] Orange tickets In my hand Two for going up again One for coming down I keep counting You keep saying We can see the whole town If we go around [Verse 2] Up there I could see the car The place we'd parked apart The river looked like folded foil The schoolyard like a chart You pointed out the football pitch Where you broke your little toe I asked if we were finished You said, "I don't know" [Chorus] Orange tickets In my hand Two for going up again One for coming down I keep counting You keep saying We can see the whole town If we go around [Bridge] The engine stopped Above the trees You hooked your shoe Around my knee A man below Called, "Won't be long" You hummed the middle Of a song [Final Chorus] Orange tickets Getting damp You can have the yellow horse I'll take us into town No more counting No more waiting For the perfect thing to say Before we come down [Outro] We left the unused tickets With a boy beside the gate He ran to show his sister We walked back the other way
