Sell Sell Sell Lyrics by Barenaked Ladies

Sell Sell Sell Lyrics

    The credits roll, the camera pans
    And in the mist our hero stands
    He starts to speak, then folds his hands in prayer
    An awkward pause, then what's my line?
    There's nothing left to say this time
    And what would you say to a bad guy who's not there?
    In terms of Roman numberals,
    He's IV league with Roman Polanski
    He'd win an Oscar every time if he was only given the chance

    He started on the Broadway stage
    A product of another age,
    An offer and a pilot drew him west
    The series bombed, commercials came
    And though nobody knew his name
    They all recognized the potential he possessed
    Deodorants and dental floss
    And how much does that new car cost
    His acting was methodical in You Don't Need A Medical
    He's branded like a racing car,
    He's like a movie star with movies
    The week of Independence Day,
    The casting agent called to say
    Your smile could save our movie and the world

    Buy buy buy buy
    Sell sell sell
    How well you learn
    To not discern
    Who's foe and who is friend
    We'll own them all in the end

    It goes like this, we have no choice; the minarets,
    The wailing voice
    And vaguely Celtic music fills the air
    We choose a foreigner to hate,
    The new Iraq gets more irate
    We really know nothing about them, and no one cares
    Aladdin and the forty thieves
    Enhanced by brand new special effects
    Saddam and his cow disease spiced up
    With some gratuitous sex
    A movie's made, a war is won
    A low-speed chase, a smoking gun
    Distracts us while the actor takes the stand

    Buy buy buy buy
    Sell sell sell
    How well you learn
    To not discern
    Who's foe and who is friend
    We'll own them all in the end

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