Side Show Blues - Live

[Verse 1] My landlady treats me like I don't even pay my rent I gave my car to my mechanic and I ain't seen it since My phone is always ringin' when I wanna be alone They try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologne [Refrain 1] Everybody's got an offer That I can't refuse It's a circus out here, mama Your baby's got them sideshow blues [Verse 2] It's all a big commercial, it's the 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 [Refrain 2] But it's hard to kick the door down When you ain't wearin' no shoes It's a circus out here, mama Your baby's got them sideshow blues [Chorus] I got them sideshow blues, I want to tame the lions These center-ring rich kids, they ain't even trying They go from college to the big time takin' the best positions While I'm out in this tent with all these freaks and musicians Out in this smoke-free bar with all you freaks and musicians Moanin' them sideshow blues [Verse 3] Well I try to tell my girlfriend, she's the only one that I've got But this girl I hardly even know keeps on telling her that she's not She's got a loaded pistol, waves it all the time Says "Sometimes you have'ta kill a boy to keep his ass in line" [Refrain 3] At least that's the way she sees it She saw it on the news It's a circus out here, mama Your baby's got them sideshow blues [Verse 4] People play Satanic records, God you don't know when they'll freak From a quiet kid to a maniac to a movie of the week We're killin' over cocaine, dyin' over sex Bowin' down and prayin' to who'll ever cut the checks [Refrain 4] Then I go to church on Sunday, brothers and sisters, let me tall ya I cannot help but sleep in the pew It's a circus out here, mama Your baby's got them sideshow blues It's a circus out here, mama Your baby's got them sideshow blues [Outro] I said, "It's a circus out here, mama" She said, "I bet you're in that sideshow"