A Man of Conviction

It's the way you tell them How you cut us no slack It's all in the timing All part of the act And it beats that old familiar Shrug of the shoulders But if everyone's a winner I'll be on my best behaviour Show us to our seats I will speak only when I'm spoken to And then just to confirm what you think You already know And it's all that we can do to forget What it is we came here for Well you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours You saw us coming and I I saw the signs I could keep you in honey I could toe your crooked party line Everything in its own place And in your own sweet time Hold my skin up to the light I have nothing left to hide Show us to our seats I will speak only when I'm spoken to And then just to confirm what you think You already know And it's all that we can do to forget What it is we came here for Well you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours Well he's a man of conviction We put the bodies in the basement That's a good-looking family But he's a man of conviction We put the bodies in the basement That's a good-looking family alright But he's a man of conviction Well he's a man of conviction We put the bodies in the basement That's a good-looking family But he's a man of conviction We put the bodies in the basement That's a good-looking family alright But he's a man of conviction Show us to our seats I will speak only when I'm spoken to And then just to confirm what you think You already know And it's all that we can do to forget What it is we came here for Well you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours