When The Circus Came To Town

[Verse one] Old man winter with his bags of tricks Rained snow on the city like a ton of bricks And in Minnesota the roads were slick with ice, and with cold blood When the circus came to town [Verse two] Their faces were hidden behind their masks As the chaos they brought came down fast and in Minnesota guns just flashed Above the snow and the mud When the walls came tumbling down [Chorus] When did we learn to turn a blind eye? To lies and people just taking sides And arguing in anger about wrong and right I just didn’t see it coming We used to talk to our neighbors And lend a hand And celebrated our nation With marching bands But the sands are shifting and I don’t understand Please tell me what’s going on [Verse three] Privileged children are safe on the streets While it’s brown and black kids who face the heat And in Minnesota, there’s no more peace Did you hear the shots that rang out? When the circus came to town [Verse four] In Chicago and Portland and LA Law and order was blown away And in Minnesota guns were drawn And a woman died today When the walls came tumbling down [Chorus] When did we learn to turn a blind eye? To lies and people just taking sides And arguing in anger about wrong and right I just didn’t see it coming We used to talk to our neighbors And lend a hand And celebrated our nation With flags and marching bands But the sands are shifting and I don’t understand What’s really going on And the walls came tumbling down And the walls came tumbling down When the circus came to town [music fades out in echo]Y