Who knows how the fire got started? A bunch of gurus in a darkened room You can sell anything If you ma**age the spin All you need is a patsy to groom Someone to do the talking Ready and willing to crawl The dinosaur's wearing a brand new suit And the stars are ready to fall Check out his face on the billboard Check out his sequins and bows Well the gurus will watch every move that he makes Just to see how the campaign grows Seemed like battle worth fighting Like a good idea at the time The balloon went down It was all over town Someone had to swing for the crime We'll go down for the sin of believing
But we'll rise for the last curtain call We were under his spell singing Heartbreak Hotel For the last patsy to fall His knees will be broken by sunset Still he giggled like a choir boy The whistle was blown The patsy got thrown Now the chairman is crushing his toy You could hear Beethoven roll over There was too much smoke in the room The gurus were there gasping for air Stumbling around in the gloom They said the risk was worth taking So we'll stand for the last curtain call We were under his spell Singing Heartbreak Hotel For the last patsy to fall