Sideshow
Blue Magic
(Bobby Eli/Vinny Barrett)

- Also recorded by Major Harris


Hurry, hurry, step right up
See the sideshow in town for only 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
There's 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)
Hurry, hurry, step right on in
Can't afford to pass it by
Guaranteed to make you cry

See the man who's been cryin' for a million years, so many tears [So many tears]
See the girl who's collected broken hearts for souvenirs
It's more exciting than a one man band
The saddest little show in all the land

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

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

Let the sideshow begin (Step right on in)

Sideshow is a cut. I have the best of Blue Magic at home and it is a smokin' CD.

Blue Magic?
Kewl! A band I never heard of!
Info please!
Or should I browse Amazon?

a Great Song&you will think they Sound just like the Stylistics but yet you hear there own Spin on vocals.Blue Magic was So Cool&Soulful.

The melody of this song is timeless...sounds like a composition written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed (most of The Stylistics stuff); however, when you listen to the lyrics it's not a love song! It'a actually talking about circus freaks!!!

I love that song it is my favorite blue magic song.

gooeythehamster said:

Hell yeah! BM is a group (70s) that's one of the best in the old skool realm. Other BM songs include I Only Stop (So We Could Start Over Again), and Three Ring Circus

You know, I think they played this on the Bernie Mac Show last night. (That show plays the best old school cuts!)

The harmonies on this song remind me a little of the Dynamic Superiors on "Shoe Shoe Shine."

Blue magic? I have blue magic and I'm ready to sprinkle it all over the magical Neverland! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA...

WackoJacko said:

[pre:1:1bf73687fb]shuddup.[/pre:1:1bf73687fb]

anyway, "sideshow" is the cut!!!

step right up, see the man-eating edit!
[This message was edited Thu May 15 8:28:33 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]