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Sideshow Blues
By: Todd Snider
AMy landlady treats me like I don't pay my rent
AGave my car to my mechanic, I ain't seen it since
AMy phone is always ringing, when I want to be alone
AThey try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologne
EveryDbody's got an offer I can't reAfuse
It's a ciErcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blAues
AIt's all a big commercial, It's a video of a man
AIt's a plot to put an end to my attention span
AThey make up all these issues, I never understood
AIf I thought I could change things I'd run out to Hollywood
But it's Dhard to kick the door down when you ain't wearing any Ashoes
It's a cirEcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluAes
I've got them sideDshow blues
I want to Dtame the lions
These cenAter ring rich kids ain't even trying
From collDege to the big top they take the best positions
While I'm Eout in this tent with these freaks and musicians
While I'm Eout in this tent with these freaks and musicians
I'm moaning them sideshow bluAes
 (solo) 
AI try to tell my girlfriend she's the only one that I've got
AThis chick I hardly knows keeps on telling her she's not
AShe got a loaded pistol, she waves it all the time
ASays some times you gotta kill a boy to keep his ass in line
Well that's Dthe way she sees it, she says she saw it on the Anews
It's a cirEcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluAes
ASee people play satanic records, and you don't know when they'll freak
AFrom quiet kid to maniac to movie of the week
AWe're killing over cocaine, dying over sex
AWe're bowing down and praying to who'll ever cuts the check
When I Dgo to church on Sunday, I can't help sleep in the Apews (that's what I do)
It's a cirEcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluAes
It's a cirEcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluAes
It's a cirEcus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow bluAes
It's a cirEcus people...Step Right Up

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Sideshow Blues

by Todd Snider

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Sideshow Blues

By: Todd Snider

My landlady treats me like I don't pay my rent

Gave my car to my mechanic, I ain't seen it since

My phone is always ringing, when I want to be alone

They try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologne

D A

Everybody's got an offer I can't refuse

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

It's all a big commercial, It's a video of a man

It's a plot to put an end to my attention span

They make up all these issues, I never understood

If I thought I could change things I'd run out to Hollywood

D A

But it's hard to kick the door down when you ain't wearing any shoes

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

I've got them sideshow blues

I want to tame the lions

These center ring rich kids ain't even trying

From college to the big top they take the best positions

While I'm out in this tent with these freaks and musicians

I'm moaning them sideshow blues

(solo)

I try to tell my girlfriend she's the only one that I've got

This chick I hardly knows keeps on telling her she's not

She got a loaded pistol, she waves it all the time

Says some times you gotta kill a boy to keep his ass in line

D A

Well that's the way she sees it, she says she saw it on the news

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

See people play satanic records, and you don't know when they'll freak

From quiet kid to maniac to movie of the week

We're killing over cocaine, dying over sex

We're bowing down and praying to who'll ever cuts the check

D A

When I go to church on Sunday, I can't help sleep in the pews (that's what I do)

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

E A

It's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues

It's a circus people...Step Right Up

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