Summer of Big Sid
It was terrifying
It was only two weeks. One hick was just enough.
Background
In the late 1970s one of those traveling circuses that serves up clowns and cruelty (toward animals) showed up at a small town for a performance. During the course of the circus’ stay, they managed to LOSE a python.
Of course, the townsfolk lost their minds. “What about the CHIRREN??!!??” The “chirren” were fine, as were people's pets, despite the foolish fears that infect an area when an exploited animal escapes. The only thing that happened was that the python was eventually captured and got to continue living out its days in captivity. Hooray?
MC wrote the lyrics.
Darby wrote the music.
This is yet another song inspired by a weird news story (Thanks, MLIVE!)
—MC
Lyrics
Chorus:
The sky didn’t fall.
Big Sid didn’t crawl through you windows to eat up your children.
x2
Verse:
You know everyone loves the summer,
Even the summertime blues,
But the summer got some people runnin’
So fast that some lost their shoes.
A traveling circus lost an attraction.
A big old mother python got out,
And all those silly townsfolk got up and started to shout.
BUT YOU KNOW
Chorus
Verse:
They gave a name to the python
The circus, they called him Big Side.
When Sid wasn’t performing
They kept him in a small cage with a lid.
The cage was in a barn, now.
The barn was down on a farm.
When they discovered the cage was empty
All the sudden there rose an alarm.
BUT YOU KNOW
Chorus
Bridge:
The people feared that Big Sid was hungry,
‘cause he hadn’t eaten for weeks.
…Or maybe it was days or hours.
That’s too much information to keep.
They couldn’t keep a constrictor
Held within a box.
The whole town was in a state of panic,
People busy latching their locks.
BUT YOU KNOW
Chorus
Verse:
Eventually Big Sid was captured.
They made a big show of it all.
And no one came close to being injured.
Except that one guy who got mauled (psych).
Chorus