SNAKE OIL MAN

SNAKE OIL MAN

HE COMMANDED RESPECT IN THE FINEST SNAKE OIL TRADITION
A MAN ON A MISSION…HE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO SELL
LONE WOLF WITH A MIND FULL OF DECEPTION
SECRETS HIDDEN AT THE BOTTOM OF A DEEP DARK WELL

CHORUS
SNAKE OIL MAN IN HIS LONG BLACK COAT
LYING THRU HIS TEETH...HE NEVER MISSED A NOTE
PREYIN’ ON THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
FALLIN’ RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE SNAKE OIL MAN

HE SHOWED ‘EM HIS ELIXIR…PROMISED IT WOULD MAKE ‘EM FEEL BETTER
TAKE AWAY THEIR ACHES AND PAINS…ADD YEARS TO THEIR LIVES
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE…WITH EVERY POTION HE OFFERED
PACKED UP ON HIS WAY OUT OF TOWN BEFORE THE NEXT SUNRISE

CHORUS
SNAKE OIL MAN IN HIS LONG BLACK COAT
LYING THRU HIS TEETH...HE NEVER MISSED A NOTE
PREYIN’ ON THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
FALLIN’ RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE SNAKE OIL MAN

BRIDGE
HE RAN NOW AND THEN INTO A BACKWOODS DISBELIEVER
UP-IN-THE-HOLLER-HERETIC WHO CALLED HIM A LIAR AND A RUSE
YEAH HE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE THAT TROUBLE MAKING DISSENTER
SHOUT A LITTLE LOUDER...TALK FASTER AND TRY TO CONFUSE

BY THE CAMPFIRE ONE NIGHT HE WAS COUNTING HIS BLOOD MONEY
DIDN’T HEAR ‘EM COMIN’...NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT HIM FROM BEHIND
WOKE UP ON A WEST BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN TARRED AND FEATHERED
WITH A NOTE THAT READ “BOY WE DON’T LIKE YOUR KIND”

CHORUS
SNAKE OIL MAN IN HIS LONG BLACK COAT
LYING THRU HIS TEETH...HE NEVER MISSED A NOTE
PREYIN’ ON THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
FALLIN’ RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE SNAKE OIL MAN