GIt took a little longer than we hoped,
DBut it was worth it.
EmYou know, it takes a village to raise a scheme;
CTo patch the holes of a mausoleum.
GWell, we?re packing in the patronage
DLike it's a lotto, and everybody wins.
EmNow take a seat so the show can start,
CAnd will you welcome these works of art?
GIsn?t she beautiful? No?
DMaybe another one here could entertain? Yes?
EmWe swear that every minute's worth the Cwait.
GHey! It's a cry you can?t contain;
DA release you couldn?t estimate,
EmAnd the secret's safe as long as you Cpay.
GIt's so good to be so bad.
DYou can leave it when you walk away,
EmAnd pretend you?ve Cwashed your hands of it.
GLast call for the Sunday squaws,
DAnd there's no room left for the hem and haw.
EmWe?ll give a gift long overdue
CAnd make a sultan out of you.
GThat?s right; any troglodyte
DCan have a life in the party as a socialite,
EmOr if you?re looking to efface,
CYou can retire without a trace?
GDon?t you bother with doubt.
DHey! It's a cry you can?t contain;
EmA release you couldn?t estimate,
CBut the secret's safe as long as you pay.
GIt's so good to be so bad!
DYou can leave it when you walk away,
EmAnd pretend you?ve Cwashed your hands of it.
GAnother candidate for giving her bruises.
DAnother night that she?ll dissociate.
EmAnother man who Cthinks the rules don?t apply to him.
GLong was this road I?ve wandered,
DBut short did my temperance live.
EmHere I?ve helped him build a temple
CTo deify this czar of sin.
GNow who to blame, but I for tying
DThese knots so well at my wrists.
EmThe noose would surely find me
CIf I?m too wily? but what of the life I?d live?
GThe sale of a soul that falls
DAs foolish as young Esau
EmIt's better if I Cwithdraw.
GHey! It's a cry you can?t contain;
DA release you couldn?t estimate,
EmBut the secret's safe as long as you Cpay.
GIt's so good to be so bad!
DYou can leave it when you walk away,
EmAnd pretend you?ve washed your Chands of it.
