Medicine Show Songtext

There's a trailer parkOn the edge of the swampThe air is coldAnd the bedclothes dampThere's not much chanceOf cutting looseWhen you're tied and tiedTo your excuseHow can you dreamWhen you cannot sleepThe walls are thinAnd your clothes are cheapAnd you better get some restYou've got two dead-end jobs to keepThrow away your dreams my dearThe world we knew has disappearedKiss the kids before they goSend them off to join a travelling showSend them to the old-time medicine showIf your baby cries tonightWill you make it sleep outsideYou learn to lie before he readsFamily don't bring guaranteesOut here we dream of better thnigsWe let our wildest dreams have wingsWhen you don't have far to fallDreams are better than them allThrow away your dreams my dearThe world we knew has disappearedKiss the kids before they goSend them off to join a travelling showSend them to the medicine showIt's getting darkWe better get down on our kneesThere's a trailer parkOn the edge of the swampThe air is coldAnd the bedclothes dampHow can you dreamWhen you cannot sleepThe walls are thinAnd your clothes are cheapThrow away your dreams my dearThe world we knew has disappearedKiss the kids before they goSend them off to join a travelling showSend them to the old-time medicine show