Todd Snider - Sideshow Blues Lyrics
My landlady treats me like I don't pay my rentGave my car to my mechanic, I ain't seen it sinceMy phone is always ringing, when I want to be aloneThey try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologneEverybody's got an offer I can't refuseIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesIt's all a big commercial; It's a video of a manIt's a plot to put an end to my attention spanThey make up all these issues, I never understoodIf I thought I could change things I'd run out to HollywoodBut it's hard to kick the door down wearing seven dollar shoesIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesI've got them sideshow bluesI want to tame the lionsThese center ring rich kids ain't even tryingFrom college to the big top they take the best positionsWhile I'm out in this tent with these freaks and musiciansWhile I'm out in this tent with these freaks and musiciansI'm moaning them sideshow bluesI try to tell my girlfriend she's the only one that I've gotThis chick I hardly knows keeps on telling her she's notShe got a loaded pistol, she waves it all the timeSays some times you gotta kill a boy to keep his ass in lineWell that's the way she sees it, she says she saw it on the newsIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesSee people play satanic records, and you don't know when they'll freakFrom quiet kid to maniac to movie of the weekWe're killing over cocaine, dying over sexWe're bowing down and praying to who'll ever cuts the checkWhen I go to church on Sunday, I can't help sleep in the pews (that's what I do)It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluesIt's a circus people...Step Right Up
