The Barry Williams Show - Peter Gabriel

Let's go

One man at the window
One girl at the bar
Saw the look of recognition
When they know just who you are
I've seen you on the TV
I've seen you on that show
You make the people crazy
And then you let them go
Before the show we calm them
We sympathize, we care
And the hostile folk we keep apart
Till the red light says 'on air'
Did you see our leather lovers
All tied up to the chair?
Did you catch those child molesters?
No one else goes there

(What a show) What a show (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show you're looking at) What a show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show you're looking at) Is all it took for my success
(What a show) The greater pain that they endure (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show, don't want to go) The more you know the show will score
It's showtime

Got the reputation of a surgeon
'cause they cannot feel the cut
It looks so very simple
But it really is an art
They call our studio the hospital
Making money from the sick
We let people be themselves
There is no other trick
"My lover stole my girlfriend"
"Keep beating up my ex"
"I wanna kill my neighbour"
"My daughter's selling sex"
"My SM lover hurt me"
"My girl became a man"
"I love my daughter's rapist"
"My life's gone down the pan"

(What a show, The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show you're looking at) It's my show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show you're looking at) Is all it took for my success
(What a show) And when the punches start to fly (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show, don't want to go) The ratings always read so high
Showtime

That girl has got no scruples
Not a wrinkle on her face
You would not believe the plot she conceived
So they'd let her take my place
Well, no man is an island
No man is a sea
But this display of emotion
Is all but drowning me

What a show
Oh, what a show
On my show (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show you're looking at) It's my show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show, don't want to go) Is all it took for my success

The best TV you've ever seen
Where people say the things that they really mean
I hear my name, I hear them roar
For the one more time I take the floor
Just one more Barry Williams Show
We're gonna to take you where you want to go
Showtime
That's showtime

Come on down
Come on down, yeah
Come on down
Come on down
Down
Come on down
Come on down
Come on down
Come on down
Come on down
Come on down (he's got wings, he's got the way of duty)
Come on down, yeah (he's got wings, he's got the way of duty)
He's got the wings on the way out of, way out
On the way out, on the way out, on the way out, on the way