Peter Gabriel
The Barry Williams Show
[Intro]
Let's go

[Verse 1]
One man at the window
One girl at the bar
Saw that 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

[Chorus]
(What a show) What a show (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) What a show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) Is all it took for my success
(What a show) The greater pain that they endure (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) The more you know the show will scored
Showtime
[Verse 2]
Got the reputation of a surgeon
Because 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 want to 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"

[Chorus]
(What a show, The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) It's my show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) Is all it took for my success
(What a show) And when the punches start to fly (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) The ratings always read so high
Showtime
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
What a show
Oh, what a show
On my show (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) It's my show
(What a show) Dysfunctional excess (The Barry Williams Show)
(What a show) Is all it took for my success

[Bridge]
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, it's showtime
[Outro]
Come on down
Come on down
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
Come on down
Yeah