The lyrics are about a kid at camp who isn’t having any fun (mostly due to the constant rain) and writes a letter asking his parents to take him home. However, by the end of the song it has stopped raining and he changes his mind and wants to stay. … As the wheel comes back down, the car slides back to the outer circle. When you ride it for the first time you don’t know this, so you can hear the surprised screams of the rookies all the way down the boardwalk! …

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