Lyrics:

Presidential elections
Are planned distractions
To divert attention
From the action behind the scenes
Like a game of chess
When the house is a mess
Or a petty money squabble
When your marriage is in trouble
Or a football game
When there's rioting in the streets

It's just another movie
Another song and dance
Another poor sucker
Who never had a chance
It's just another captain
Going down with his ship
Just another jerk
Taking pride in his work

I was a poor magician
I could never understand
You can't make tears disappear
Through sleight of hand
From the bottom of my heart
Off the top of my head
Words were pulled
Like rabbits from a hat
But nothing was said

It was just another movie
Another song and dance
Another poor sucker
Who never had a chance
It was just another captain
Going down with his ship
Just another jerk
Taking pride in his work

Now my freedom's bought and paid for
It lights up my living room
I got nothing more to prove
I've got no reason to move
And when I'm tired of the program
When it's taken its toll
I can press a button and
Change the channel by remote control

It's just another movie
Another song and dance
Another poor sucker
Who never had a chance
It's just another captain
Going down with his ship
Just another jerk
Taking pride in his work

Just another jerk
Taking pride in his work
Just another jerk
Taking pride in his work