Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
John Prine

Intro:
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"The movie wasn't really doing so hot.", said the new producer to the old big shot
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"It's dying on the edge of the Great Midwest. Sabu must tour or forever rest."
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Hey look Ma here comes the elephant boy, bundled all up in his corduroy
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Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. Paul

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His manager sat in the office alone staring at the numbers on the telephone
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Wondering how a man could send a child actor to visit in the land of the wind chill factor
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Hey look Ma here comes the elephant boy, bundled all up in his corduroy
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Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. Paul

BREAK (SAME AS INTRO)

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Sabu was sad the whole tour stunk - The airlines lost the elephant's trunk
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The roadie got the rabies, the scabies and the flu. They was low on morale but they was high on --
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Hey look Ma here comes the elephant boy, bundled all up in his corduroy
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Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. Paul
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Headed down south towards Illinois From the jungles of East St. Paul