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