Reporting of a Failed Campaign

Suzie was a ventriloquist in a way Turning everything on air into an expose She'd drag your name through the dirt just for sport And settle out of court And her, her network boss would say That we're, we're going to hell one day He was the last man standing in a Polish camp, way back in '45 Lenny, tired of siring ingrates, rang his lawyer, left his 7th wife He met a child of the Camorra on a yacht just out of Napoli And he, he knocked her up that week In his twin-engine gulfstream But time's no friend of liars Time's no friend of liars, anymore 40 years ago the Fixer set off on his trail of slime He found the old French Quarters breakwater and he stayed a while He got a job in repossession seizing speedboats and the odd jet ski But he made a better living cutting slack To all the people kept his palms well-greased He bought the chateau bunga bunga by the beach To lure the rich high-flyers Installed cameras in the bedrooms and an office in the Virgin Islands But time's no friend of liars Lenny's station syndicated worldwide via satellite dish Meanwhile the Fixer built a pyramid scheme that made him ponzi king Lenny started running with the shysters And was cooling on his fresh new bride But then one night wound up alone at bunga bunga with the Fixer's wife Then he'd, he'd come home late dressed slick So she, she hired a private dick Meanwhile his station got a fraction of the traction And the ratings bombed 'Til headhunters found Suzie on a day shift in the nail salon She brought a glamour to the camera and a panoramic paranoia Yeah, the networks rating soared And they, they banked their cash offshore But time's no friend of liars Time's no friend of liars (time's no friend of liars) One day Suzie got a tip-off 'bout the Fixer's scam and nailed him live His rich buddies lost millions and he took off to the Virgin Islands They stung him hard with lawsuits thinking Interpol might drag him home But he blackmailed everybody with his bunga bunga videos So then Lenny sent Suzie with a camera crew to talk him down But the Fixer pulled a gun on air and stuck it into Suzie's mouth He played a video of Lenny cheatin' live on air and shot himself With a .38 Special after wishing Lenny's hitmen well Then Lenny lost the station and his reputation went to rest In an undisclosed location wearing slippers and a bulletproof vest (In an undisclosed location wearing slippers and a bulletproof vest) In an undisclosed location wearing slippers and a bulletproof vest