use a knife like an expert, just 25 cents
a hand painted sign by a carnival tents
oh, most ancient tool of all mankind
for 25 cents your secrets are mine
I can't get the coin out fast enough
at the front of the line the crowd can get
rough
faces of suckers packin' the tent
my 25 cents has surely been spent
the barker walks in and whips out his
blade
we await the knowledge for witch we have
paid
"always cut away from yourself"
Don Sieloff
11/13/96
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