Sabu visits the twin cities alone John Prine (cover)

John writes: " I was flying out of Minneapolis-St.Paul,towards the end of a tour. I had this vision of the look on Sabu the Elephant Boy's face in the old jungle movies; he always had this dazed and confused look. And I saw myself like that in the mirror. I just looked like "what am I doing here?" When things get really crazy for me or confusing, I usually turn to humor and try explain the situation in a song".

Sabu visits the twin cities alone.

The movie wasn't really going so hot
said the new producer to the old big shot
its dying on the edge of the great Midwest
Sabu must tour or forever rest.

Hey look ma
here comes the elephant boy
bundled all up in his corduroy
headed down south towards Illinois
from the jungles of East St. Paul.

His manager sitting in his office all alone
just staring at the numbers on his telephone
he's wondering how a man could send a child actor
out in the city with the wind chill factor.

Hey look ma
here comes the elephant boy
bundled all up in his corduroy
headed down south towards Illinois
from the jungles of East St. Paul.

Sabu was sad the whole tour stunk
the airlines lost the elephant's trunk
the roadie got the rabies and the scabies and the flu
they was low on morale but they was high on....

Hey look ma
here comes the elephant boy
bundled all up in his corduroy
headed down south towards Illinois
from the jungles of East St. Paul.

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[jolien58]

This so beautiful Dear Winston,love it very much.

[plowboyes]

@jolien58 Thanks so much Jolien, you're very kind...bless you..:)

[alexandraxxxxxx]

beautiful winston...your voice is so lovely ..;0)

[plowboyes]

@alexandraxxxxxx Thanks so very much...:) Bless You...:)

[twcigi]

Very nice!

[KrazyKanuc]

Awesome! ... Lil less gravel than Mr P but still fantastic! Love ya! ~M

[cbrb40]

Nice tune,very soft and quiet,nice ballad,clever lyrics, lol a well written folk style song. Winston you're like a song's best friend,the beautiful way you sing,you adapt to each song,giving this one a tender approach. You're great at the uptempos and ballads both. I want a voice like yours when I grow up. lol ;) I wish I could sing like that. :)) That was marvelous my bro! You always rock our worlds! :)))

[annemaree]

Truly beautiful cover Winston for this beautiful song!!!!!!!!!

*allstars

[albrenza]

Winston, your cover of this song is just awesome, i can feel it ;D

[ISABEAUforever]

Thank you for sharing this lovely song and I appreciate your talent.~❤