Springtime Carnival Poem

written by Riley 1997

recopy 2013

Well the first of April is here again

    Winter's almost through

Now comes springtime with promises

    Of a season bright and new

The weather's crisp and breezy

    Where just a week ago

They suffered through the twenties

    Beneath an inch of snow

This time of year we're always broke

    And I think about last fall

When a couple thousand in my pocket

    Was nothing much at all

Oh, we really loved Palm Beach

    Having fun, going everywhere and laying back

But we would give almost anything

    To have our money back

Now we're headed back to Michigan

    To open up the show

We'll find ourselves  last on the left

    Down on "flat store" row

Oh well, we'll have each other

    The winter's nearly done

And the times ahead look pretty good

    Though most of our money is gone

Next year we'll save all of our money

    So we won't be springtime poor

But pardon us for laughing

    'Cause we've said it all before