Travelling Show

Uncle John's tapping on an old buzz saw

Crazy cousin Junior's still sleeping in the hall

Sister's making breakfast in a frying pan

Papa's walking around drinking whiskey in a can

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The sun's coming up but the rooster won't crow

He hung his head a long time ago

The train won't stop and the whistle won't blow

It's the end of the line for the travelling show

The end of the line for the travelling show

Well there's one lone wagon wheel laying in the lawn

And an old dog gnawing on a rattlesnake bone

And a beat up building that's locked up tight

Somebody burned it down again late last night

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There's a master of puppets and a medicine man

He used to play around in Uncle John't band

He burned up like a fire in a pouring down rain

On a half pint of whiskey and cheap cocaine

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