Lyrics:

I was at this carnival just a few years ago
No big deal, ferris wheel, same old stuff, you know
And I wandered around the grounds until I found this little tent
Man outside made a speech and this is how it went

She walks, she talks, she crawls on her belly like a reptile
It was the same old line except for one part
He said it don't cost no money
You got to pay with your heart

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again

Well, I went inside, I looked around for a seat
The lights went low and the drums played a beat

And then a girl come out dressed in a scarf and a sneeze
She did a little dance that made me weak in the knees
She danced just like her back had no bone
While the band played a tune they call the 'Main Street Moan'

She went and then she went
She went and then she did a

She smiled a smile for the whole world to see
Then she turned her head and looked straight at me
I must have jumped at least six feet in the air
And when I come down that girl wasn't there

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again

Then out stepped this dude with curly red hair
He had a big bushy beard and he was built like a bear

He said: 'You stop your shoutin', there's no more to the show'
And if you want to breathe right you'd all better go'
I didn't hang around, I headed straight for the door
But on my way out I heard that big bear roar

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again

Well, every night that that show played, I was right there
But I stayed out at the reach of that mean red bear
And it was just like the man had said in his speech at the start
'Cause when the carny left town, it took a piece of my heart
And I still get a funny feeling deep down in my bone
Every time I hear a band play that 'Main Street Moan'

Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again