Gotta Give the People What They Want (lyrics and music by C.R.Lewis) (Sung by the Poet:) I don't think I can keep on knocking myself out anymore I'm being buried by those I don't respect I guess I never could face the truth before That 'Sensation' is the synonym we use today for art And if you want to be successful in this world You got to give the people what they want A sleight of hand, a degraded man, or perhaps a dirty song Titillation's the best distraction From dragging this old world along Never mind the public good or doing what you think you should You gotta give the people what they want They won't listen anyway to a single word you say You gotta give the people what they want Damn your conscience, lies are fine But don't forget the Bottom Line You have to give the people what they want Pearls to swine wastes your time When they're deaf, dumb and blind We got to give the people what they want (Sung by the Clergy:) We never stray too far away from our formula for success People love a good mystery and the way we dress Make the innocent feel guilty and they'll pay through the nose But let the guilty start to feel a little innocent That's when the real money starts to flow Jesus was so revolutionary and difficult to please Salvation's much easier with payoffs and false pieties We'll exchange your tithe for greed; absolution's guaranteed We only give the people what they want Hocus-Pocus Domini and all that cryptic liturgy We love to give the people what they want A ring to kiss, a sip of wine, and damn you if you're out of line We have to give the people what they want God is too complex for you, just relax, we'll pull you through We always give the people what they want (Sung by the Nobility:) We aristocrats have found the situation to be ideal Laws were made for the little men we grind beneath our heel We got on top so long ago by convincing the common man To respect his betters, keep his place and appreciate the plan We oppress with their consent and this right to rule we flaunt Because we only exist to give you exactly what you want The people have to have a king, so they can be his underling You gotta give the people what they want They'll kill themselves to make our tax And carry us upon their backs We love to give the people what they want We could never subjugate if they did not cooperate We only give the people what they want Enlisting in the lie of caste, they thrive no matter how debased You've got to give the people what they want (All the people sing:) And just like a giant tidal wave The public sweeps along the latest rave What's the use of fighting? Why don't you get smart? Just don't aim so high, and then you'll hit the mark Plundering economists, how do we get away with this? By giving all the people what they want Dispensing bread and circuses is how we line our own purses You gotta give the people what they want Only meet a basic need, your claim to fame is guaranteed You have to give the people what they want Don't moan about the way things are Just sell your soul and you'll go far Wake up and give the people what they want And on some happy day we'll all begin again Lumbering toward that inexorable end Call it karma, it's inevitable Even now it's being written on the wall Let the world go up in flames, we are not the ones to blame We only gave the people what they want The downward spiral starts its flux As Man becomes the things he does We have to give the people what they want Let the Devil take his turn, the lesson is we never learn We gotta give the people what they want Let the future go to hell, as long as we can make out well We'll always give the people what they want We have to give the people what they want We want to give the people what they want You gotta give the people what they want You better give the people what they want

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