Well, it's been said before, the world is a stage A different performance with every age So open up the history book to any old page Bring on the lions and open the cage
Give the people what they want You give the people what they want The more they get, the more they need And every time they get harder and harder to please
Well the Roman promoters really did things right They needed a show that would clearly excite. The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight And threw the Christians to the lions, sold out every night
Give the people what they want Give the people what they want Blow out your brains and do it right Make sure it's prime time and on a Saturday night
Give 'em lots of sex, perversion and rape Give 'em lots of violence and plenty to hate Give the people what they want Give the people what they want
When Oswald shot Kennedy, he was insane But still we watch the re-runs again and again We all sit glued while the killer takes aim Hey Mom, there goes a piece of the President's brain
Give the people what they want You gotta give the people what they want Blow out your brains and do it right Make sure it's prime time and on a Saturday night
Gotta give the people what they want Give the people what they want Give the people what they want