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Every Night's a Party at The Great Frederick Fair

from Better Late Than Never by Mike Kuster

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When they finally close the gates
There's a change in atmosphere
A different kind of fun
Comes to The Great Frederick Fair

The 4-H kids and farmers
Let the good times roll
Cause the guests have left the grounds
And they're left all alone

Football games and corn hole boards
Appear on the lawns
Where visitors and vendors
Usually park their cars

I'll bet you didn't know
Axline makes apple pie
You won't know what hit you
Till your boots point to the sky.

Every night's a party
At The Great Frederick Fair
Families, Friends, and Lovers
Make September full of cheer

If machinery row could talk
We'd all have secrets revealed
Who's been cheatin' who
And skinny dippin’ in hot tubs

Down in the barns
They might be makin' hay
If the cattle trailer's rockin'
Just move on, it's ok

Campers along the fence line
House exhibitors clans
Back behind the beef barn
Is a trailerhood of fun

Every camper has a dinner
Every cooler some drinks
If you make your way to everyone
It'll take all ten days

Country music concerts
Tractor Pulls and Derbies
Followed by the fellowship
Of friends at the fair
Every night's a party
At the Great Frederick Fair
It's a Frederick tradition
Handed down through the years

Everybody's happy
As they close up the gates
Cause the party's just getting started
At The Great Frederick Fair

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from Better Late Than Never, released February 4, 2022

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Mike Kuster filled his debut album, Better Late Than Never, with country songs he wrote grounded in a love for traditional country music. Mike tapped a group of award-winning musicians to bring his songs to life including Dr. Ford, Chris Condon (guitars), Caleb Mundy (bass guitar), Smith Curry (pedal steel guitar and dobro), Gary Carter (steel guitar), and Michael Cleveland (fiddle and mandolin). ... more

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