Magical Misery Tour

Intro 
In this circus of love
I’m the ringmaster
Hold on to your seat
This ride can go faster

(v1)
Come into my sideshow
I say with a grin
My magical misery tour will begin
I’ve sold the last ticket
That’s all for today
The others have left
Now it’s your turn to stay

Bridge
The magic’s in my loving
And the night I’ll spend with you
The misery’s in my leaving
But others are waiting too

(v2)
Move closer, my lovely
Step right over here
No need for alarm, you’ve nothing to fear
I think you have secrets
You’d like me to know
So let’s dim the lights
And get on with the show

Chorus
Let me take you, take you, take you
On my magical misery tour
I’ll break you, break you, break your heart
But you’ll only want me more
One ride on my painted pony
Will open heaven’s door
Let me take you, take you, take you
On my magical misery tour

(v3)
First we'll ride the merry-go-round
Then the tilt-a-whirl
For one mad moment you’ll be the right girl
The simulator
Will reach such a height
Before we wipeout
At the end of the night

Bridge
The magic’s in my loving
And the night I’ll spend with you
The misery’s in my leaving
But others are waiting too

Chorus
Let me take you, take you, take you
On my magical misery tour
I’ll break you, break you, break your heart
But you’ll only want me more
One ride on my painted pony
Will open heaven’s door
Let me take you, take you, take you
On my magical misery tour

This was an interesting  project ..Donna was foolish enough to ask me if I could come up with a track from her lyrics and after a bit of bumbling around I produced the bed track with a fairground/circus feel.

The next step was for Mike to work wonders with his guitars which changed the track beyond recognition in a very cool way as usual and got me head scratching for sure.

As usual I took it too far towards completion to really get other folk involved but I have to say I really like the end result and I hope you do to

Cheers Ian

Lyrics - Donna Devine
Lead Guitar/ Lead Arrangement - Mike Woodford (Snowdoguk)
Music,Production,drums,bass,2nd guitar,vocal,prog keys - Ian Burrage (Stonehead)