Barenaked Ladies

^C The credits roll, the camera pans
^Bdim7 And in the mist our hero stands
^F He starts to speak, then ^G folds his hands in ^C prayer
^C An awkward pause, then what's my line?
^Bdim7 There's nothing left to say this time
^F And what would you say to a ^G bad guy who's not ^C there?
^Am In terms of Roman numerals, He's IV league with Roman ^F Polanski
^Am He'd win an Oscar every time if he was only given the ^F chance ^G he
^C Started on the Broadway stage
^Bdim7 A product of another age
^F An offer and a ^G pilot drew him ^C west
^C The series bombed, commercials came
^Bdim7 And though nobody knew his name
^F They all recognized the ^G potential he ^C possessed
^Am Deodorants and dental floss and how much does that new car cost
^F His acting was methodical in “You Don't Need A Medical”
^Am He's branded like a racing car, he's like a movie star with ^F mov ^G ies
^C The week of Independence Day
^Bdim7 The casting agent called to say
^F Your smile could save our ^G movie and the ^C world
^Am Buy, buy, buy, buy
^F Sell, sell, sell
^G How well you learn to
^Em Not discern who's
^Am Foe and who is
^F Friend, we'll own them
^G all in the ^C end
^C It goes like this, we have no choice;
^Bdim7 The minarets, the wailing voice
^F And vaguely Celtic ^G music fills the ^C air
^C We choose a foreigner to hate
^Bdim7 The new Iraq gets more irate
^F We really know nothing ^G about them, and no one ^C cares
^Am Aladdin and the forty thieves enhanced by brand new special ^F effects
^Am Saddam and his cow disease spiced up with some gratuitous ^F sex ^G
C A movie's made, a war is won
^Bdim7 A low-speed chase, a smoking gun
^F Distracts us while the ^G actor takes the ^C stand
^Am Buy, buy, buy, buy
^F Sell, sell, sell
^G How well you learn to
^Em Not discern who's
^Am Foe and who is
^F Friend, we'll own them
^G all in the ^C end