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Saw a man scream at a toaster in a Walmart line

Kid with face tattoos quoting scripture and wine

Gas hit six bucks, preacher bought a jet

Everybody’s offended and nobody’s quit yet

Woman on her third soulmate in a trailer park tan

Dog smarter than half the folks running this land

Newsman crying like the world just died

While teenagers film fistfights for a million likes

Chorus

Life’s a crooked carnival ride from hell

One long joke nobody knows how to tell

Bills pile up while the rich get thinner

Saints act guilty and the crooks play winners

Then to top it all off somewhere around dawn

I saw a purple elephant dancing with Willie Nelson

Verse 2

Buddy swears AI’s gonna steal every song

Then asks me which buttons he should push all night long

Old biker in the bar talks peace and love

Then punches a jukebox when they play pop stuff

Church girl sneakin’ cigarettes out back

Judge got caught buying things he banned in fact

Everybody pointing fingers left and right

While hiding little train wrecks deep outta sight

Chorus

Life’s a crooked carnival ride from hell

One long joke nobody knows how to tell

Politicians stealing while they wave and grin

Half the town broke, still betting to win

Then to top it all off somewhere around dawn

I saw a purple elephant dancing with Willie Nelson

Bridge

Maybe the world’s just tired and stoned

Maybe we ain’t meant to figure it out alone

Maybe sanity packed up years ago

And left us all laughing at the rodeo

Final Chorus

Life’s a busted jukebox skipping truth for lies

Smoke in the mirror and tears in disguise

Everybody searching for a little salvation

In pills, guitars, screens and conversations

And just when I thought I’d finally gone wrong

There’s a purple elephant dancing with Willie Nelson

Smiling like he knew the punchline all along

We’re all built from the same dust and dreams,
Different roads, but the same means.