Discover the story of the song > Fifty Years After The Fair – Aimee Mann

The lyrics talk about a time 50 years after a fair where the protagonist remembers a beautiful scene with the Trylon and the Perisphere. They mention that now they compare everything to that perfect world but nothing measures up. They thought that good things would always rise to the top, but it didn't happen. The bridge talks about how beautiful the future seemed, but now it hurts to think about those days and the damage caused by the hopes they had. The protagonist is living in a place called tomorrow town, but the future they hoped for never came around. They got through difficult times before, but now they have decades ahead to try and make things right.