text: Music by elton john
  Released as a uk b-side in 1990
  We look at the table
  And we look at the time
  We see a short fuse burning
  Were standing on a land mine
  You look at the cold soup
  I look at the grey wall
  I see a red flag burning
  Yeah, man we need a santa claus
  Down on the homeless avenue
  Down among the rocks and stones
  The cradle falls but the buck stops here
  Lets think about their hearts and bones
  And we all need a medicine man
  All need a medicine man
  Dont we need a medicine man
  His shake and his rattle and his helping hand
  See the meat of a nation
  On the back of a truck
  I think were waste in a dumpster
  Hey sorry kid its tough luck
  She was adorable
  And he was a good boy
  They were inseparable
  Yeah bitten by the cold war
  Rags on the shapes of millions
  Tears among the cuts and blows
  The backbone snaps and the kids cant dance
  Lets think about their hearts and bones