A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

If you skin the cat you can't take it back

You can make 'em wait but it's far too late

For a golden boy who is self-employed

As a patron saint to it I'll relate to a

Doctor's orders when on the floorboards

You keep from sleep as they rot and reek

After several weeks and a ratings sweep of the ocean floor

I have run ashore

Now the crowd is always fleeting

And the minutes of the meeting

Will be taken by a very shaky hand

If you're not around when it's written down

They'll be taking all the laughter from the can

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

But I'm over that since I've been through this

So I set the tape to catch what I miss

I hear wasn't much with the Midas touch

And the shallow end, we can swallow it

For my fleeting doubts but we'll play it out so we'll

Have it right by the second act

That's superfluous like the second verse

Of this telecast so I set the mast

To a steady course with a subtle force of an

Immigrant that would like to stay

Who's been sent away on a slow news day

If I never rated, it's just repeated

The screeners become addicts

And the Russian demographic

Loves a US way of making every meal

The Breakfast of Champions and

Like his victims, slowly getting soggy from the weight

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

Conflict is interesting

But tragedy's worth money

Well I'm sick and tired of the reality

So change the channel and show me something funny

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

A little self deception gets the best reception

When you can't stomach the primetime

When you can't stomach the primetime

When you can't stomach the primetime

When you can't stomach the primetime

When you can't stomach the primetime