Geoff Berner - Public Relations lyrics

If you've got something toxic that you want to sell You better take it to the folks who can do the job well Make it sound s**y, safe and fun Be it cigarettes, pesticides or guns. They're the pimps pressing honest words into prostitution Sustainable Development, Public Consultation, Compromise Solution. Public relations Who's got the ear and the throat of the nation? Public relations They put a positive spin on global annihilation Public relations. Like domesticated dogs who forgot how to hunt The journalist's teeth are yellow and blunt They don't care what they're fed, as long as they eat So they line up to s** on the wire service teat. The editor's got a deadline, we've got to placate him So copy down the press release and print it up verbatim For Public relations Who's got the ear and the throat of the nation? Public relations They put a positive spin on global annihilation Public relations. Well you seem so clever that it's hard to believe You're completely self-deluded - that's hard to achieve You say that you're just a poor working slob Like old Joe Goebbels, just doing your job. The old lies are still the best lies, no need to drop 'em: It's safer than aspirin, the d**htoll's overstated, we're studying the problem With Public relations Who's got the ear and the throat of the nation? Public relations They put a positive spin on global annihilation Public relations. We're not selling a product We're selling a feeling.