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Sideshow Lyrics

(announcer in background)
Hurry, Hurry, step right up, see the sadest show in town for fifty cents.

Step right up, Hurry, Hurry,
Before the show begins, my friends
Stand in line, get your tickets
I hope you will attend

It'll only cost you fifty cents to see
What life has done to those like you and me

See the man with the broken heart,
You'll see that he is sad,
He hurts so bad (so bad, so bad)

See the girl,
Who has lost the only love she ever had,
Theres got to be no sadder show to see,
No doubt about it, satisfaction's guaranteed

So, let the Sideshow begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

Let the Sideshow begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

See the man who's been crying,
For a million years,
So many tears (so many tears)
See the girl, who's collected,
Broken hearts for sovieniers

It's more excited than a one man band,
The saddest little show in all the land

So, let the Sideshow begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

Let the Sideshow begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

So, let the Sideshow begin
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

(fade)
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Submitted by
chambers3t0 On Jan 24, 2008
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Cover art for Sideshow lyrics by Blue Magic

awesome song... sad but good...

Cover art for Sideshow lyrics by Blue Magic

I think this song is about society's rather unhealthy addiction to drama. It's entertainment. The sideshow is a metaphor for the drama portrayed in media. People are captivated by tear-jerking stories and awful tragedies they hear on the news. And they feed off the sad stuff. They "can't afford to pass it by" because it's "guaranteed" to bring about emotion. They view the people in the sideshow attraction and use them as an outlet. But really, anyone can end up in that attraction.

Cover art for Sideshow lyrics by Blue Magic

A smile is just a frown turned upside down!

Cover art for Sideshow lyrics by Blue Magic

Just love this song, but it is rather melancholy. Actually makes me SAD! You Tube has some longer version which individuals have mixed themselves which are rather good.