Falling apart at

The ripping seam now

I never wanted

To be a messenger

(wait)

Don't call the guard yet

Try not to be upset

Maybe some rhetoric

Take your time, Colette

It's not as hard as it seems

(what do you mean?)

You can still lie

(lie)

And cheat

(che-e-eat)

But there's a hundred billion ways to beat

The system

Just lie and cheat

(cheat)

Oh, all you gotta do

Is pull some strings

Blame it on a relative

Pin it on a stranger

Hide it in an airport

Plant it in a mangier

It's not as hard as it seems

(what do you mean?)

You can still lie

(lie)

And cheat

(che-e-eat)

But there's a hundred billion ways to beat

The system

Just lie and cheat

(cheat)

Yeah, yeah

All you gotta do

Is pull some strings

Pick up the slack!

Falling apart, yeah

The ripping seams

Call up an airline

A flight to South America

And in a little time

No one will care about a

Dirty little white collar anyone would do the same paint a pretty picture and turn around and change your name

It's not as hard as it seems

(what do you mean?)

You can still lie

(lie, lie)

And cheat

(che-e-eat)

But there's a hundred billion ways to beat

The system

Just lie and cheat

(cheat)

Yeah, all you gotta do

Is pull some strings

(pull some strings)

(lie and cheat)

And get the card outta your sleeve

There's a hundred billion ways to beat the system

Lie and cheat

Yeah, all you gotta do

Is pull some strings

Pick up the slack!

(it's not as hard)

Now give it back!

Get on the door!

You're running up the flag pole!

(are we on the same page here?)