Snake Oil - Steve Earle

Ladies and gentlemen, attention please

Come in close so everyone can see

I got a tale to tell, a listen don’t cost a dime

And if you believe that, we’re gonna get along just fine

Now I’ve been travelin' all around

I heard trouble’s come to your town

Well I’ve got a little somethin' guaranteed to ease your mind

It’s call snake oil y’all, it’s been around for a long, long time

Say your crops’ll burn if it don’t rain soon

Ain’t seen a drop since the tenth of June

Well I can open up the sky, people have no fear

If you ain’t impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear

Well you lost your farm, so you moved to town

You get a job, they shut the factory down

Now you sit around all day long feelin' sad and blue

You need snake oil y’all, tell you what I’m gonna do

I can heal the sick, I can mend the lame

And the blind shall see again, it’s all the same

Well ain’t your President good to you

Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada, too

Now he’s taking his show a little further down the line

Well, 'tween me and him people, you’re gonna get along just fine