Song Description

Carnival rides as a metaphor for love.

Lyrics

Mad Passionate Purple

She was all hot pink with piercings
He was electric blue and tattooed
She was the kind of girl he could fall for
He was her favorite kind of dude

And they made mad, passionate purple
under a neon moon
And they pledged to be true to each other
on a ferris wheel in June

A bright yellow ride on the teacups
spinning with hair in the wind
The hungry red lust of the round-up
with the floor dropping out again

And they made mad passionate purple
under a neon moon
And they pledged to be true to each other
on a ferris wheel in June

They rode the rollercoaster
screaming ups and downs of delight
And held hands on the painted ponies
as the carousel turned in the night

And they made mad passionate purple
under a neon moon
And they pledged to be true to each other
on a ferris wheel in June

Came a morning in early September
Carnival left long ago
Their colors fading to silver
funhouse mirrors that they used to know

They still make mad passionate purple
under a neon moon
And remember the pledges they made
on a ferris wheel in June.