Big Country - Medicine Show lyrics

There’s a trailer park On the edge of the swamp The air is cold And the bedclothes damp There’s not much chance Of cutting loose When you’re tired and tied To your excuse How can you dream When you cannot sleep The walls are thin And your clothes are cheap And you better get some rest You’ve got two dead-end jobs to keep Throw away your dreams my dear The world we knew has disappearеd Kiss the kids before thеy go Send them off to join a travelling show Send them to the old-time medicine show If your baby cries tonight Will you make it sleep outside You learn to lie before he reads Family don’t bring guarantees Out here we dream of better things We let our wildest dreams have wings When you don’t have far to fall Dreams are better than damn all Throw away your dreams my dear The world we knew has disappeared Kiss the kids before they go Send them off to join a travelling show Send them to the medicine show It’s getting dark We better get down on our knees There’s a trailer park On the edge of the swamp The air is cold And the bedclothes damp How can you dream When you cannot sleep The walls are thin And your clothes are cheap Throw away your dreams my dear The world we knew has disappeared Kiss the kids before they go Send them off to join a travelling show Send them to the old-time medicine show