Rosselson, Leon We Sell Everything Lyrics

We sell everything (Leon Rosselson)

I woke up this morning when a ring at the bell split my dreams
The man at the door wore a smile so wide
I thought his face would fall apart at the seams
He jigged "Good morning it's your lucky day
Because I've come to help you make the grade
I'm your friend I'm your neighbor I'm your good companion
I'm the leader of a wig crusade
I've got straight wigs, curly wigs, gay wigs and girly wigs
Live-a-little buy a devil-daring one
Blue wigs, red wigs, very-good-in-bed wigs
Everyone who's anyone is wearing one..."
I said "No thank you I've nowhere to put them
And I've got all the hair that I need"
He said "Don't worry son we've got a product on the market
That will make your hair fall out, guaranteed

We've got:
cough drops, cricket bats, iron lungs, knicknacks
wooden legs, wedding rings, we sell everything
slug killers, killer slugs, road drills, ear plugs
time bombs, tombstones, merchant banks and garden gnomes
toothpaste, defoliants, genital deodorants
strychnine, gasoline, benzene, polythene...

He said, "the products we are marketing will transform you
Into someone of quality and style
You'll be the number-one attraction
And everyone will envy your mysterious superior smile
'Cause we're making you a very special offer of tomorrow
In delicate pastel shades
Have a jar of instant happiness, a bottleful of glamor,
An amazing value dream that never fades
We've got tubes of tranquility, boxes of virility
Packets of the simple life that used to be
Eternal youth at bargain price, a one-way trip to Paradise
Or why not buy a giant pack of Purity
Here's a free gift sample of the art of gracious living
There's nothing that we can't provide
And what it all adds up to is super satisfaction
Though we hope you won't be satisfied

Because we've got:
fruit machines, magazines, baked beans, submarines
handcuffs, face creams, pep pills and private dreams
synthetic fibres, tranquilizers, inorganic fertilizers
canned beer, barbed wire, dividends at five points higher
Mars bars, fast cars, Jesus Christ as Superstars
life insurance, cigarettes, package tours and Sabre jets...

Well I said I really didn't think I had the urge to purchase
And in any case my cash was running low
His eyes beamed out a warning and his smile got kind of stormy
And he said "There's just one thing you ought to know
It's people like you who are letting down the country
When our democratic freedoms are at stake
'Cause if you don't buy the wheels will start to falter
And after that it's on with the brake
Then confidence will be destroyed and millions will be unemployed
And anarchy will ....?.... harmony
So tell me, sir, do you prefer to be a lousy saboteur
Or help to boost that national economy?
Because production only rises and investments only boom
When the demand stimulates the supply
Then everyone will prosper so I hope it's very plain
That it's your patriotic duty to buy...

cough drops, cricket bats, iron lungs, knicknacks
wooden legs, wedding rings, we sell everything
slug killers, killer slugs, road drills, ear plugs
time bombs, tombstones, merchant banks and garden gnomes
toothpaste, defoliants, genital deodorants
strychnine, gasoline, benzene, polythene...

fruit machines, magazines, baked beans, submarines
handcuffs, face creams, pep pills and private dreams
synthetic fibres, tranquilizers, inorganic fertilizers
canned beer, barbed wire, dividends at five points higher
Mars bars, fast cars, Jesus Christ as Superstars
life insurance, cigarettes, package tours and Sabre jets...
An the new supersonic fractional orbital bombardment system
That annihilates everything that moves
Within a range of 7.528 light years...