This Business is Goin' Down

You've been screamin' again that I don't do enough

for success to be assured

Hey, I could hire a midget with a sandwich board

to pass out my brochure

or a has-been actor with a bullhorn and cape

to help get out the word

I could save my nickels in a mason jar

or polish me up a turd

This business is goin' down

Your love depends on the money

Now that business is in the ground

guess so are we, honey

Well you nagged me into getting that loan from your daddy

who calls me "that damn ne'er-do-well"

Bet he'd love to see his little angel come home

while getting off watching me in hell

I've tried free baloons, a mechanical ape

and markin' everything half off

While you're home at your job of watchin' T.V. shows

it's quite a thrill here bein' my own boss

Rich or poor, 'till death comes callin'

before God and man a vow

but since you see me as a dead man walkin'

guess that don't hold any water now

that business is goin' down

Well, I sure do wish we had a couple of kids

Now wouldn't that be cool?

You'd show Suzy how to run her future old man down,

I'd teach Bobby how to drop out of school

You'd instruct her in the art of gourmet cookin' --

fine meals from the microwave

Like me, my son will be an entrepreneur

and retire to an early grave

This business is goin' down

What a couple of dummies!

A cold fish and a circus clown

Oh Lord, aren't we funny?

This business is goin' down

Your love depends on the money

Now that business is in the ground

guess so are we, honey

Now that business is in the ground

guess so are we, honey