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There's been another assassination |
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T.V. cameras moving in. |
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To shoot the bloodstains on the pavement |
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And get them on the News at Ten. |
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Will he live or will he die, before we go on the air? |
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Yes, the networks are all there, in the name of |
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Entertainment. |
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Superstar psycho, from a killer to a hero, |
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An overnight sensation on the lips of all the nation |
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Is he mad or is he sane? It makes for good conversation |
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I call it suffering and pain, but they call it entertainment |
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Sex violence murder and rape. (Entertainment Entertainment) |
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That's what you came for, that's what you pay for. |
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Entertainment, Entertainment. |
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They call it Entertainment |
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Inform us, educate us with your media machine |
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(Call it Entertainment) |
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Tell me what to dream |
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(Call it Entertainment) |
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You pay your money, what do you get? |
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Entertainment. |
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Real life for Entertainment, |
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Cheapens my reality, |
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So that Hollywood can make it into another "B" movie |
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The vultures get the rating and the people get the thrills |
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But the victims always pay, I guess they always will. |
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Sex violence murder and rape (Entertainment Entertainment) |
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That's what you want, that's what they need, |
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That's what you came for, that's what your paying for. |
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They call it Entertainment (Call it Entertainment) |
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Inform us, educate us with your media machine, |
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(Call it Entertainment) |
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Tell me what to dream |
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(Call it Entertainment) |
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You pay your money, what do you get? |
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Entertainment, Entertainment. |